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.
Liv"ing (l&ibreve;v"&ibreve;ng), 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.
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