Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sylvan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Silvan \Sil"van\, a. [L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or
grove, perh. akin to Gr. "y`lh; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the
god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan. Cf. {Savage}.]
Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves;
woody. [Written also {sylvan}.]
Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears
above, and groves forever green. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See {Silvan}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural;
rustic.
The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan
region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious.
--De Quincey.
2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See
{Silvan}, a.]
A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a
rustic.
Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless
sylvans all access denied. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol)
by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also {methyl
tetrol}, or {methyl furfuran}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sylvan
adj : relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady
sylvan glade" [syn: {silvan}]
n : a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: {silvan}]
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