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 ∨ 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.
© Webster 1913.