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/lˈɪvɪŋ stoʊn/ Listen

adjective

Living adj.

Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.

Active; lively; vigorous; said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. "

Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; opposed to stagnant.

Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light."

Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. "Then on the living coals wine they pour."

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."

The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.

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Etymology of 'Living stone'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Living stone" Quotes from Famous Books

... by one, that night, young maidens came, Beauteous and calm, like shapes of living stone Clothed in the light of dreams, and by the flame Which shrank as overgorged, they laid them down, And sung a low sweet song, of which alone 4220 One word was heard, and that was Liberty; And that ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley