Blackwash: alternatives and connections

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

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False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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See Color.

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Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; sl…

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To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

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To uncover.

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To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which…

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To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.

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Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

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To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.

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The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.

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To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

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To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

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To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

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Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purg…

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Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.

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The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

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