mildew
UK /ˈmɪl.djuː/ US /ˈmɪl.d(j)u/
verb 2noun 1
Definitions
noun
1
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
verb
1
To taint with mildew.
Hee giues the Web and the Pin, ſquints the eye, and makes the Hare‐lippe; Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of earth.
2
To become tainted with mildew.
His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.
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