'Blackwash' definitions:

Definition of 'blackwash'

(from WordNet)
noun
An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash]
noun
A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores [syn: blackwash, black lotion]
noun
A wash that colors a surface black
verb
Bring (information) out of concealment
verb
Color with blackwash

Definition of 'Blackwash'

From: 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]

Definition of 'blackwash'

From: GCIDE
  • blackwash \black"wash\ (bl[a^]k"w[o^]sh), v.
  • 1. same as defame. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. to color with blackwash. [WordNet 1.5]