See Also: Vandyke(dictionary)
Tight money or dear money(finance)
Near money(finance)
New Money(money)
big money(dictionary)
On the money(money)
In-the-money(money)
e-money(dictionary)
Pin Money(money)
mad money(dictionary)

BEACON (money) and Vandyke (iou)


BEACON (money)


Definition: [crh] See: Boston Exchange Automated Communication Order-Routing Network







Vandyke (iou)



Vandyke noun & adjective. Also vandyke; in sense A.4 also Van Dyke. M18.
[Sir Anthony Vandyke (Anglicized spelling of Van Dyck), Flemish painter (1599-1641).]
A. noun.
A broad lace or linen collar, neckerchief, etc., with an edge deeply cut into large points (in imitation of a style freq. depicted in portraits by Van Dyck), fashionable in the 18th cent. M18.
Each of a number of large deep-cut points on the border or fringe of lace, cloth, etc. Usu. in pl. E19.
A notched, deeply indented, or zigzag border or edging. M19.
A beard cut to a V-shaped point. Also more fully Vandyke beard. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. (Vandyke.) Designating things associated with Van Dyck or his paintings; esp. having a border with large points. L19.
Vandyke beard: see sense A.4 above. Vandyke brown (a) a deep rich brown colour; (b) spec. an impermanent deep brown pigment containing organic matter, now disused.