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), 230–1. Endamaging the Beans by a Musty Finnow, which bespots them, and makes them very ill-favoured to the sight, and worse to the tast.
1669. Boyle, Contn. New Exp., II. (1868), 68. The fruits were covered with a kind of mucor or Finew.
a. 1722. Lisle, Observ. Husb. (1757), Gloss., Vinnow, mouldiness.
