Thesaurus: vandyke

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
2. n. A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.
3. v. t. fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
4. n. a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
5. 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. A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. [Written also Vandyck.] fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. [R.] [Written also Vandyck.]
6. Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used orrepresented by Vandyke. "His Vandyke dress." Macaulay. [Written alsoVandyck.] Vandyke brown (Paint.), a pigment of a deepsemitranssparent brown color, supposed to be the color used byVandyke in his pictures.-- Vandyke collar or cape, a broad collar or cape of linen and lacewith 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.
7. n Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) n a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)