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(1):

(a.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.

(2):

(a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

(3):

(n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; - called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.

(4):

(a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sylvan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sylvan.html. 1828.
 
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