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Webster 1913 Edition
Vandyke
Van-dyke′
(văn-dīk′)
, Adj.
Of or pertaining to the style of
“His Vandyke dress.” Vandyke
the painter; used or represented by Vandyke
. 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 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.
Van-dyke′
,p
rop.
Noun.
A picture by
Vandyke
. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. [Written also
Vandyck
.] Van-dyke′
,Verb.
T.
To fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
[R.]
[Written also
Vandyck
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Vandyke
VANDY'KE
,Noun.