Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. --Dunglison.

Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse.

Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.

Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang.

Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis.

Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof.

Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Q. chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks.

Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns.

Live steam, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam.

Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]

1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.

2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.

Note: Among the true oaks in America are:

Barren oak, or

Black-jack, Q. nigra.

Basket oak, Q. Michauxii.

Black oak, Q. tinctoria; -- called also yellow or quercitron oak.

Bur oak (see under Bur.), Q. macrocarpa; -- called also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.

Chestnut oak, Q. Prinus and Q. densiflora.

Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), Q. prinoides.

Coast live oak, Q. agrifolia, of California; -- also called enceno.

Live oak (see under Live), Q. virens, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, Q. Chrysolepis, of California.

Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.

Post oak, Q. obtusifolia.

Red oak, Q. rubra.

Scarlet oak, Q. coccinea.

Scrub oak, Q. ilicifolia, Q. undulata, etc.

Shingle oak, Q. imbricaria.

Spanish oak, Q. falcata.

Swamp Spanish oak, or

Pin oak, Q. palustris.

Swamp white oak, Q. bicolor.

Water oak, Q. aguatica.

Water white oak, Q. lyrata.

Willow oak, Q. Phellos. Among the true oaks in Europe are:

Bitter oak, or

Turkey oak, Q. Cerris (see Cerris).

Cork oak, Q. Suber.

English white oak, Q. Robur.

Evergreen oak,

Holly oak, or

Holm oak, Q. Ilex.

Kermes oak, Q. coccifera.

Nutgall oak, Q. infectoria.

Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus Quercus, are:

African oak, a valuable timber tree (Oldfieldia Africana).

Australian, or She, oak, any tree of the genus Casuarina (see Casuarina).

Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).

Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.

New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree (Alectryon excelsum).

Poison oak, the poison ivy. See under Poison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)