blackwash

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blackwash - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Black wash \Black" wash`\ (bl[a^]k"w[o^]sh) or Blackwash
  \Black"wash\, n.
     1. (Med.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
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     2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence,
        figuratively, calumny.
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              To remove as far as he can the modern layers of
              black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul,
              be seen.                              --C. Kingsley.
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  blackwash \black"wash\ (bl[a^]k"w[o^]sh), v.
     1. same as defame.
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     2. to color with blackwash.
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blackwash - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  blackwash
      n 1: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn:
           character assassination, assassination, blackwash]
      2: a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic
         sores [syn: blackwash, black lotion]
      3: a wash that colors a surface black
      v 1: bring (information) out of concealment
      2: color with blackwash