Liv"er*y sta`ble (?). A stable where horses are kept for hire, and
where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).
Lives (lvz), n.; pl. of Life.
Lives (lvz), a. & adv. [Orig. a genitive sing. of life.] Alive; living;
with life. [Obs.] " Any lives creature." Chaucer.
Liv"id (lv"d), a. [L. lividus, from livere to be of a blush color, to
be black and blue: cf. F. livide.] Black and blue; grayish blue; of a
lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. Cowper.
There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of
the blood not being tainted.
Bacon.
Li*vid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. lividité.] The state or quality of being
livid.
Liv"id*ness (lv"d*ns), n. Lividity. Walpole.
Liv"ing (lv"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.