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Van Dyck

  [van dahyk; Flem. vahn dahyk]
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–noun
Sir Anthony, 1599–1641, Flemish painter.
Also, Vandyke.
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Van⋅dyke

  [van-dahyk]
–noun
1. Sir Anthony. Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
2. Vandyke beard.
3. Vandyke collar.
4. Printing. a proof having white lines on a brown ground or vice versa, made from a negative for a plate.
Also, van⋅dyke (for defs. 2, 3).
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vandyke 
"short, pointed beard," 1894, from the style shown on portraits by Flem. 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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