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The action of detracting, slandering, or speaking ill of a person behind his or her back.
The action of saying or reporting something quietly or secretly; suggestion or insinuation (by whispered speech); faint mention or rumour; esp. (obs…
Calumnious whisper; scandal. (Cf. quot. 1616 at blasting, adj. 1.) Obsolete.