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ˈblack-wash, n.
Also black wash.
1. Med. A lotion composed of calomel and lime-water; grey lotion.
1818A. Cooper Surg. Ess. I. (ed. 3) 166 Under the black-wash poultice. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc. Chem. 495 The lotion known in medical and surgical practice, as the black wash.
2. Any black composition used for washing over and blackening. (Also blackwash.)
1861Times 12 July, The blackwash was removed from the paintings; bad taste and want of means caused the white-wash to be left. [See next.]
3. The opposite of whitewash n. 3. Also ˈblackˌwashing vbl. n.
1859Kingsley Misc. II. 48 To remove..the modern layers of ‘black-wash’, and to let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. 1877Chambers's Jrnl. 28 Apr. 258/2 A skilful counsel..using as much whitewash as he can for the accused, and applying plentiful blackwash to the witnesses for the prosecution. 1890Literary World XLI. 388/1 By giving Cromwell another plentiful coating of black-wash. 1905Contemp. Rev. Oct. 552 (title) The Blackwashing of Dante. |