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