Blackwash

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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