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Noun: vandyke  van'dIk
  1. A short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
    "He grew a vandyke beard for his role in the historical drama";
    - vandyke beard
Noun: Vandyke  van'dIk
  1. Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
    - Anthony van Dyck, Van Dyck, Anthony Vandyke, Sir Anthony Vandyke

Derived forms: Vandykes, vandykes

Type of: beard, face fungus [informal], old master, whiskers

Encyclopedia: Vandyke, Virginia