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fresh av OED ~ av B 1 'newly.'
   In v phr fresh cork: to renew the cork floats on a net.
   [1772] 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 231 At day-light we hauled the nets, and had two spring fish and a slink: we afterwards tightened the moorings, and fresh corked part of one of the nets.
   fresh tail: to reset or bait an animal trap or snare; cp TAIL2.
   [1771] 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 175 I then crossed the river, and fresh tailed all the traps and deathfalls in Prospect Hill Path.

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