VANDYKE

Vandyke, Van Dyck, Anthony Vandyke, Sir Anthony Vandyke

(noun) Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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