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VANDYKE
Vandyke, Van Dyck, Anthony Vandyke, Sir Anthony Vandyke
(noun) Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Named after 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
Noun
vandyke (plural vandykes)
An edge with ornamental triangular points.
A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and goatee but with all cheek hair shaven.
Synonym: Vandyke beard
A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.
Verb
vandyke (third-person singular simple present vandykes, present participle vandyking, simple past and past participle vandyked)
(transitive) To fit or furnish with a vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a vandyke.
Noun
Vandyke (plural Vandykes)
Alternative form of vandyke
Source: Wiktionary
Van*dyke", a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke. "His Vandyke dress." Macaulay. [Written also Vandyck.] Vandyke brown (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitranssparent brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures.
– Vandyke collar or cape, a broad collar or cape of linen and lace with a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; - - so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke.
– Vandyke edge, an edge having ornamental triangular points.
Van*dyke", n.
Definition: A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. [Written also Vandyck.]
Van*dyke", v. t.
Definition: fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. [R.] [Written also Vandyck.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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