live gang

Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G.,
   & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v.
   i.]
   1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
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   2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number
      of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of
      laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of
      sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
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   3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by
      acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang
      of saws, or of plows.
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   4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang
      of stays.
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   5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which
      incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
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   6. A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or
      less formalized group associating for social purposes, in
      some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen
      gang; a youth gang; a street gang.

   Note: Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a
         city, and may turn violent when they feel their
         territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the
         {Crips} and the {Bloods} are large gangs antagonistic
         to each other.
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   7. A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a
      criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.
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   {Gang board}, or {Gang plank}. (Naut.)
      (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a
          bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
      (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's
          waist, for the sentinel to walk on.

   {Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard
      ships or in which it is kept on deck.

   {Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which
      several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make
      two or more furrows at the same time.

   {Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating
      parishes. See {Gang week} (below).

   {Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills
      driven from a common shaft.

   {Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.

   {Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above).

   {Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above).

   {Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of
      objects separated by intervening plates.

   {Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang
      of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed
      distances apart.

   {Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below).

   {Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.

   {Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were
      made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.

   {Live gang}, or {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern
      names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the
      round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.

   {Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from
      two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick
      beam.
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Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See {Alive},
   {Life}.]
   1. Having life; alive; living; not dead.
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            If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then
            they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of
            it.                                   --Ex. xxi. 35.
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   2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active
      properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live
      ether." --Thomson.
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   3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a
      live man, or orator.
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   4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." --Thomson.
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   5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live
      spindle of a lathe; live steam.
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   6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire.
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   7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as
      events occur, in contrast to {recorded}.
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   8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a
      game; as, a live ball.
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   9. Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed
      (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience;
      contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an
      audience.
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   {Live birth}, the condition of being born in such a state
      that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of
      the whole body. --Dunglison.

   {Live box}, a cell for holding living objects under
      microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse.

   {Live feathers}, feathers which have been plucked from the
      living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.
      

   {Live gang}. (Sawing) See under {Gang}.

   {Live grass} (Bot.), a grass of the genus {Eragrostis}.

   {Live load} (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying
      load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a
      bridge, or wind pressure on a roof.

   {Live oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus virens}),
      growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and
      highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the
      {Quercus chrysolepis} and some other species are also
      called live oaks.

   {Live ring} (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which
      a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels
      around a circular track when the bridge or table turns.

   {Live steam}, steam direct from the boiler, used for any
      purpose, in distinction from {exhaust steam}.

   {Live stock}, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept
      on a farm. whole body.

   {live wire}
      (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a
          voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a
          high potential relative to ground, capable of harming
          a person who touches it.
      (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or
          aggressive.
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