† ˈvinewed, a. Obs.
Also 6 venued, vynued, uinewed, 7 vinnewd, vinowed, vinnow'd.
[f. vinew n. or v. Cf. finewed a. and vinnied a.]
Moulded, mouldy.
| 1538 Elyot, Mucidus, fylthy: vinewed. 1558 Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. (1580) 103 You must take first of the saied paste, that is not mouldie, vinewed or putrified. 1574 Newton Health Mag. 55 Sweete Almonds..decline to moysture, unlesse they be vinewed and restie for then they are drye. 1576 ― Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 179 Such a like hoary downe, or uinewed mouldinesse. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 530 If it be let alone,..[the vine] would proove to be slender, vinewed, leane, and poore. 1654 Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. ii. 71 Like a mouldy Cheese, where three parts are blew and vinnow'd. 1668 Wilkins Real Char. 70 Mould, Horiness, Vinnewd. |
Hence
† ˈvinewedness.
Obs. rare.
| 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Situs,..horenesse: mouldinesse: vinewednesse. 1611 Cotgr., Chansisseure,..mouldinesse, vinewednesse. Ibid., Moisissure, mouldinesse,..vinowednesse. |