\Syl"van\, a. [See {Silvan}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural;
   rustic.
         The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan
         region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious.
                                               --De Quincey.
2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

\Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See
{Silvan}, a.]
A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a
rustic.
      Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless
      sylvans all access denied.               --Pope.

\Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol)
by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also {methyl
tetrol}, or {methyl furfuran}.