English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Sylvan

Sylvan (a.)

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

Sylvan (a.)

Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

Sylvan (a.)

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

Sylvan (n.)

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