·vt To taint with mildew.
II. Mildew ·vi To become tainted with mildew.
III. Mildew ·noun A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
(the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "to be yellow," yellowness), the result of cutting east wind...
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