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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.