Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {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 {Q.
      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.

Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
   eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
   1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks
      have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
      staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
      called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a
      scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
      recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
      fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
      Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
      barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
      Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
      proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
      hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
      rays, forming the silver grain.

   2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.

   Note: Among the true oaks in America are:

   {Barren oak}, or

   {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.

   {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.

   {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or
      {quercitron oak}.

   {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also
      {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.

   {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.

   {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.

   {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also
      called {enceno}.

   {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all
      for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.
      

   {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.

   {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.

   {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.

   {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.

   {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.

   {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.

   {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.

   {Swamp Spanish oak}, or

   {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.

   {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.

   {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.

   {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.

   {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe
      are:

   {Bitter oak}, or

   {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).

   {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.

   {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.

   {Evergreen oak},

   {Holly oak}, or

   {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.

   {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.

   {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.

   Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
         {Quercus}, are:

   {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
      Africana}).

   {Australian, or She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus
      {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).

   {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).

   {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.

   {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
      excelsum}).

   {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.

Source : WordNet®

live oak
     n : any of several American evergreen oaks