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vandyke

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Noun
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Van=dyke

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun vandyke has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

vandykea. 
     Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.  [1913 Webster]
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.
vandykeprop. n. 
     A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.  [1913 Webster]
vandykev. t. 
     To fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vandyke, n. & adj.
--n.
1 each of a series of large points forming a border to lace or cloth etc.
2 a cape or collar etc. with these.
--adj. (Vandyke) in the style of dress, esp. with pointed borders, common in portraits by Van Dyck.

Idiom
Vandyke beard a neat pointed beard. Vandyke brown a deep rich brown.
Etymology
Sir A. Van Dyck, Anglicized Vandyke, Flem. painter d. 1641

ROGET THESAURUS

vandyke

Notch

N notch, dent, nick, cut, indent, indentation, dimple, embrasure, battlement, machicolation, saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke, depression, jag, notched, crenate, crenated, dentate, dentated, denticulate, denticulated, toothed, palmated, serrated.

VB notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scallop, scollop, crenulate, vandyke.

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