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vandyke


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
 
  {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  {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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vandyke  \Van*dyke"\,  n. 
  A  picture  by  Vandyke.  Also  a  Vandyke  collar,  or  a  Vandyke 
  edge.  [Written  also  {Vandyck}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vandyke  \Van*dyke"\,  v.  t. 
  fit  or  furnish  with  a  Vandyke;  to  form  with  points  or 
  scallops  like  a  Vandyke.  [R.]  [Written  also  {Vandyck}.] 




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