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▪ I. † ˈfinew, n. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 6 fenowe, 7–8 finnow, finew, 8 vinew, vinnow, 9 dial. vinny. [f. finew v.] Mouldiness, mould.1556 Withals Dict. N ij a/1 Fenow or horenesse in bread, mucor, -coris. 1658 Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 230 Endamaging the beans by a musty finnow, which bespots them. 1...
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finewy
† ˈfinewy, a. Obs. Also finnowy, vinnowy. [f. finew n. + -y1.] Mouldy. Hence ˈfinewiness.α 1722 Lisle Observ. Husb. (1757) 54 The moldiness and finnowyness of the grass. Ibid. 82 The seed-beans were finnowy. Ibid. Gloss., Finnowy, vinnowy, vinnewed, vinney, mouldy.
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finewed
† ˈfinewed, a. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: α. 6–7 fenoed, fen(n)owed, finnowed, 7 finewed. β. 6–9 vin(n)ewed, (6 ven-, vinued, 7 whinid, vinnowed), 9 vinned, -ied. [f. finew n. or v. + -ed.] Mouldy.α 1574 Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 94 Bread long kept groweth finnowed. 1669 Boyle Contn. New Exp. i...
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vinew
▪ 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 pu...
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vinny
▪ I. vinny dial. var. veny2, fenny a.2, finny a.2▪ II. ˈvinny, v. Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 vynye. [var. of vinew v., finew v.] intr. To become mouldy.14.. Voc. in Wr. Wülcker 597 Mucido, to vynye. 1837– in Somerset and Devon glossaries.
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fenny
▪ I. fenny, a.1 (ˈfɛnɪ) [OE. fęnniᵹ, f. fęnn fen.] 1. Of the nature of, or characterized by, fen; boggy, swampy.c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 147 Uliginosus ager, fenniᵹ æcer. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 22 The fenny feeld it is not forto plowe. a 1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's 12 Right vncleen...
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