Obs. Also 6 vinue, 7 vinow, 8 vinnow. [var. of FINEW sb. Cf. mod. Hampshire dial. vinny.] Mold, moldiness.
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.
