Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lave \Lave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Laving}.] [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr.
   ?. Cf. {Ablution}, {Deluge}, {Lavender}, {Lava}, {Lotion}.]
   To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.

         His feet the foremost breakers lave.     --Byron.

Laving \Lav"ing\, 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.