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English Dictionary: sylvan	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for sylvan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sylvan adj relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" Synonym(s): sylvan, silvan n a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: sylvan, silvan]
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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Sylvan [Distributed language?]