Whitewash

"Whitewash" in Latin

albārium

(mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting)

dealbo

((transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash)

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