- vandyked
- adjective see Vandyke
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
vandyked
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vandyked — vandykedˈ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑vandyke … Useful english dictionary
van|dyked — «van DYKT», adjective. cut or shaped at the edge with deep indentations; zigzagged: »a vandyked border, a wall with a vandyked top … Useful english dictionary
Vandyke — noun Etymology: Sir Anthony Vandyke Date: 1754 1. a. a wide collar with a deeply indented edge b. one of several V shaped points forming a decorative edging c. a border of such points 2. a trim pointed beard • vandyked adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Polyommatus sarta — is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in Asia.DescriptionMale Upperside ; dark brown, overlaid on both fore and hind wings from the base outwards with bluish purple, this colour variable in extent but not reaching to the terminal margins in… … Wikipedia
Vandyke Beard — Sir Anthony Van Dycke (or Van Dyck) sported a well trimmed beard all his adult life. Vandyke (1599 1641), as the English spelled it, was a Flemish painter born in Antwerp, the seventh of twelve children of a silk merchant. When a youth, he was … Dictionary of eponyms
bedag — v. a. == bedew with mud; part. ‘bydagged.’ Alys. 5485. ON. dogg. Sw dagg. == dew. Not connected with ‘dagged’ == cut into slips; vandyked, as applied to clothing, which comes from AS. dag … Oldest English Words
Vandyke — I. /vænˈdaɪk/ (say van duyk) noun Sir Anthony, 1599–1641, Flemish painter living in England. Also, Van Dyke, Van Dyct. II. /vænˈdaɪk/ (say van duyk) noun 1. (sometimes lower case) → Vandyke beard. 2. (sometimes lower case) → Vandyke collar. – …
