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What's The Definition Of Laving?

\Lav"ing\, 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.