That's popularly, but erroneously, called a goatee. It's properly called a Van Dyke. A proper goatee is what is seen in the later pictures of Wm Shakespeare - a tuft of hair on the center of the lower lip, descending to the point of the chin, giving the appearance of a billy goat's beard.
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Date: 2007-04-30 01:56 am (UTC)