living rock

living rock
    n 1: usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with
         warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or
         green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern
         Mexico and southwestern United States [syn: {living rock},
         {Ariocarpus fissuratus}]
    2: highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-
       green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South
       Africa [syn: {living granite}, {living rock}, {stone mimicry
       plant}]
    

Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From {Live}, v. i.]
   1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
      to {dead}.
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   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.
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   3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
      a living spring; -- opposed to {stagnant}.
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   4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
      "Living light." --Shak.
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   5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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            Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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   {Living force}. See {Vis viva}, under {Vis}.

   {Living gale} (Naut.), a heavy gale.

   {Living rock} or {Living 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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