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What's The Definition Of 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.
\Van*dyke"\, n. A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. [Written also {Vandyck}.]
\Van*dyke"\, v. t. fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. [R.] [Written also {Vandyck}.]