| slovo | definícia |
blackwash
(encz) | blackwash,černidlo n: Zdeněk Brož |
Blackwash
(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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blackwash
(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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blackwash
(wn) | 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 |
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Blackwash
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence,
figuratively, calumny.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]blackwash \black"wash\ (bl[a^]k"w[o^]sh), v.
1. same as defame.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. to color with blackwash.
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