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Vandyke

An edge with ornamental triangular points.

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📖 Definitions of "Vandyke"

noun

1
An edge with ornamental triangular points.
2
A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and goatee but with all cheek hair shaven.
3
A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.

verb

1
To fit or furnish with a vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a vandyke.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Vandyke"

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Word	Definition
beardnoun	Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
vandykingnoun	Edging with ornamental triangular points.
veinernoun	A tool for cutting small decorative furrows in the surface of a piece of wood.
wharncliffenoun	A knife with one straight edge and one rounded spine which tapers gradually to a point.
vachettenoun	(veterinary surgery) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.
vanenoun	A weather vane.
viretonnoun	(historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flight.
waneynoun	(woodworking) A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring.
knife edgenoun	Alternative form of knife-edge. [A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.]
dogvanenoun	(nautical) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, fastened to the end of a short staff and placed on the weather gunwale of a sailing ship to assist the helmsman to judge the direction of the wind.
bevelnoun	An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
veinworknoun	A veined pattern.
edge toolnoun	(archaic) A tool or weapon with a sharpened edge or blade.
roundernoun	A person who earns a living by playing cards
vorticistnoun	An artist who used this style.
veneeringnoun	An application of veneer.
pearl edgenoun	An edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon.
knife's edgenoun	Alternative form of knife-edge. [A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.]
veneer sawnoun	(woodworking) A small double-edged tool for cutting thin hardwood veneer.
knife-edgenoun	(figuratively) A precarious balance that could be upset by a very small force in either direction.