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sylvan |
6 definitions found 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]: Sylvan [Distributed language?]
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