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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
