Crossword clues for vandyke
vandyke
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Vandyke \Van*dyke"\, n. A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. [Written also Vandyck.]
Vandyke \Van*dyke"\, v. t. To fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. [R.] [Written also Vandyck.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"short, pointed beard," 1894, from the style shown on portraits by Flemish painter Anton Van Dyck (1599-1641); earlier "a type of collar with a deep cut edge" (1755) also from a style depicted in his paintings.
Wiktionary
n. An edge with ornamental triangular points. vb. (context transitive English) To fit or furnish with a vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a vandyke.
WordNet
Usage examples of "vandyke".
Di, however, was to be taken in to dinner by Major Vandyke, and Millicent Dalziel by Captain March.
I say black and white, because you would always think of Sidney Vandyke in black and white.
Sidney Vandyke was of Hebrew blood, but afterward I heard that his mother had Spanish Jews for ancestors on one side, and that with her came most of the family money.
After that first glimpse I saw only the profile, for in meeting Kitty Main and being introduced to Di and Father, Major Vandyke had to turn half away from me.
Major Vandyke began to talk to Di, bending down a little, I could see that he admired her very much, or else wanted to convey this impression to her mind.
One could see Major Vandyke consciously absorbing Diana, throwing over her head a veil of his own magnetism, as if to hide her in it from other men, and make her forget their existence.
Di, she behaved perfectly, if she wished to fascinate and tantalize a flirt, such as Sidney Vandyke was said to be.
Captain March was in love with Di, just as we heard from the same source that Major Vandyke was jealous of his junior because of flying exploits and honours.
Major Vandyke and Captain March and Lieutenant Dalziel were all to go.
Major Vandyke might be worth no more than two in the bush with the saltcellar empty.
As I shook hands with Major Vandyke, I was asking myself anxiously if he could have seen the photograph in passing?
We stopped only long enough with Eagle to arrange a visit to the concentration camp for next morning, if Milly were better, and then Vandyke, Tony, and I started off.
I waited, breathless, for what was to come, knowing now without being told that Sidney Vandyke had seen the photograph.
Owing to the indisposition of the colonel, who had been struck down in the morning by a touch of the sun, Major Vandyke was temporarily in command.
Whatever the secret of the night might turn out to be, I felt sure that Sidney Vandyke had made a desperate bid to win Diana away from Eagle March.