vandyke
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vandyke¹
- /vænˈdaɪk/
Rhymes with -aɪk
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Named after 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
noun vandykes · Van Dyke · Van Dyck · Vandyck · Vandyke
- An edge with ornamental triangular points.
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A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
He was still an old galliard, with white Buffalo Bill vandyke, and he swanked around, still healthy of flesh, in white suits, looking things over with big sex-amused eyes.
Similar: 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 vandykes · vandyking · vandyked · Van Dyke · Van Dyck
- To fit or furnish with a vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a vandyke. Again I searched, and found a most diabolical pair of cock-nosed shears, capable of vandyking the interiors of elephants.
Vandyke²
noun Vandykes
- Alternative letter-case form of vandyke
proper noun
- A surname
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title = {vandyke},
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