Liv"ing (l&ibreve;v"&ibreve;ng), a.
[From Live, v. i.] 1.
Being alive; having life; as, a living
creature.
2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of
states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a
living faith; a living principle. " Living
hope. " Wyclif.
3. Issuing continually from the earth;
running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to
stagnant.
4. Producing life, action, animation, or
vigor; quickening. "Living light." Shak.
5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning;
live.
Then on the living coals wine they
pour.
Dryden.
Living force. See Vis viva, under
Vis. -- Living gale (Naut.),
a heavy gale. -- Living rock or
stone, rock in its native or original state or
location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and
narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living
rock." Moore. -- The living, those
who are alive, or one who is alive.
Liv"ing, n. 1. The
state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
"Health and living." Shak.
2. Manner of life; as, riotous living;
penurious living; earnest living. " A vicious
living." Chaucer.
3. Means of subsistence; sustenance;
estate.
She can spin for her living.
Shak.
He divided unto them his living.
Luke xv. 12.
4. Power of continuing life; the act of
living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or
other in some cases.
L' Estrange.
5. The benefice of a clergyman; an
ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [Eng.]
He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a
living
Macaulay.
Livng room, the room most used by the
family.
