blackwash

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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