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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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.] [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. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
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]