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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 1.6 [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}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
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