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.
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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.
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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.
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