Vandyke

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Vandyke
    n 1: Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) [syn:
         {Vandyke}, {Van Dyck}, {Anthony Vandyke}, {Sir Anthony
         Vandyke}]
    2: a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony
       Vandyke) [syn: {vandyke beard}, {vandyke}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vandyke \Van*dyke"\ (v[a^]n*d[imac]k"), a.
   Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or
   represented by Vandyke. "His Vandyke dress." --Macaulay.
   [Written also {Vandyck}.]
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   {Vandyke brown} (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitransparent
      brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in
      his pictures.

   {Vandyke collar} or {Vandyke 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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vandyke \Van*dyke"\, prop. n.
   A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke
   edge. [Written also {Vandyck}.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vandyke \Van*dyke"\, v. t.
   To fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or
   scallops like a Vandyke. [R.] [Written also {Vandyck}.]
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