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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)