English English Dictionary

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

Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

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

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

A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium.

An old name for tellurium.

A salt of sylvic acid.

Sylvan.

Sylvan.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).

Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.

The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.

One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.

Alt. of Sylvite

Native potassium chloride.

See Syn-.

Alt. of Symarr

See Simar.

See Cimbal.

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.