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 of the living rock." Moore. — The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
LIVING
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.
LIVINGLY
Liv"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
LIVINGNESS
Liv"ing*ness, n.