fresh a Cp OED ~ a 3 'raw, inexperienced, green' (1724-) for sense 1.
   1 Of a fisherman in his first or second season at the West Country-Newfoundland fishery; cp GREEN MAN, YOUNGSTER.
   1699 Act of Wm III, 10 & 11, Cap. xxv Every Master of a By-Boat, or By-Boats, shall Carry with him at least Two Fresh Men in six (viz.) one Man that hath made no more than one Voyage, and one Man who hath never been at Sea before. [1701] 1895 PROWSE 228 These Bye boat keepers ... were most of them able fishermen and there was not one fresh man or green man amongst them as the Act requires.
   2 Comb fresh water: esp in coastal placenames signifying the availability of fresh water in a cove or harbour for replenishing ship's supplies and for fisheries purposes. Cp WATERING.
   1620 WHITBOURNE 9 The fresh waters and Springs of that Countrey, are many in number, and withall very pleasant. [1675] 1971 SEARY 215 Freshwater Bay. [1772] 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 249 In the evening, twenty geese came into the fresh-water pond, which empties itself into the Cove. [1775] 1955 Journeys (ed Harvey) 62 The first harbour we made and got up near the fresh Water we proposed to fix our Nets. [1794] 1968 THOMAS 123 Every Harbour, every Bay and every Inlet you enter it is surprizing to see the many fresh water streams that rush down with heedless violence to be swallowed up in the boundless Ocean. 1823-4 Edin Phil J x, 157 The primitive rocks extend onwards to Gower's Lake. The shores of this lake bear a strong resemblance to the shores of Fresh-water Bay near St John's. 1951 Nfld & Lab Pilot i, 103 Freshwater cove, the landing place for telegraph cables, indents the northern shore. 1971 SEARY 71 Freshwater occurs at least eight times as a specific on the Avalon Peninsula, signifying a source of fresh water for ships.

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