▪ I. † ˈvinew, n. Obs.
Also 6 vinue, 7 vinow, 8 vinnow.
[var. of finew n. Cf. mod. Hampshire dial. vinny.]
Mould, mouldiness.
| 1538 Elyot, Mucor, fylth, vinue, suche as is on bred or meate longe kept. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 9 If it were not thus well followed, soone would it catch a vinow, begin to putrifie [etc.]. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vinew, Mouldiness, Hoariness, Mustiness. a 1722 Lisle Husb. (1757) 303 Two sorts of vinnow on cheese, one in the nature of mouldiness, or long downy vinnow, not blue. |
▪ II. † ˈvinew, v. Obs.
Also 6 venu-, 6–7 vinow.
[var. of finew v. Cf. mod.Som. and Dev. dial. vinny.]
intr. To grow mouldy.
| 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) III. 2250/2 Which bread doth vinow, and mice oftentimes doe eate it. 1581 [see finew v.]. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 364 Soone it vinoweth and catcheth a kind of mustines. |
Hence † ˈvinewing vbl. n.
| 1552 [see finewing vbl. n.]. 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Mucor, filthe: vinewynge: hoarenesse. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Mucilage, venuing, hoarinesse. |