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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.
1556Withals Dict. N ij a/1 Fenow or horenesse in bread, mucor, -coris. 1658Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 230 Endamaging the beans by a musty finnow, which bespots them. 1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. ii. (1868) 68 The fruits were covered with a kind of mucor or Finew. a1722Lisle Observ. Husb. (1757) Gloss., Vinnow, mouldiness.
▪ II. † ˈfinew, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 6–7 fenow, finnew, vinew, 8 finnow, 9 dial. vinny.
[OE. fyneᵹian, f. fyniᵹ mouldy (see finny a.2), f. fyne: see fen n.2]
a. intr. To become mouldy or musty.
b. trans. To cause to become mouldy. Also fig.
c1000Canons ælfric §36 Þæt þæt haliᵹe husel sceole fyneᵹian. 1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 30 Secretes which he suffered to mould and vinew within it. a1633S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. i. xxxi. §1 (1670) 88 With time it [sadness] rusteth and fenoweth the soul. a1722Lisle Observ. Husb. (1757) 206 Whereby the undermost corn..finnows [marg. gloss molds].
Hence ˈfinewing vbl. n.
1552Huloet, Vinewing, or molinge of breade or wyne for stalenes, mucor. 1609C. Butler Fem. Mon. (1634) 174 It [syrup of violets] may be kept a year without finnewing or corruption. |