LIVING

living. Living, n. a livelihood, a benefice; pa. alive

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Liv″ing (lĭv″ĭng), a. [[From Live, v. i.]] 1. 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.
2. 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. 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; — opposed to stagnant.
4. 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. “Living light.” Shak.
5. 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.