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<h1>Live</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Abbreviated from <ets>alive</ets>. See <er>Alive</er>, <er>Life</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having life; alive; living; not dead.</def>

<blockquote>If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the <b>live</b> ox, and divide the money of it. <i>Ex. xxi. 35.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; <as>as, a <ex>live</ex> coal; <ex>live</ex> embers.</as></def> " The <i>live</i> ether."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; <as>as, a <ex>live</ex> man, or orator</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Vivid; bright.</def> " The <i>live</i> carnation."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>Imparting power; having motion; <as>as, the <ex>live</ex> spindle of a lathe</as>.</def>

<-- 6. (Elec.) connected to a voltage source, as a live wire. 7. (Broadcasting) being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded. 8. (Sport) still in active play -- as a live ball. 9. pertaingin 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 -->

<cs><col>Live birth</col>, <cd>the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. <i>Dunglison</i>.</cd> -- <col>Live box</col>, <cd>a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. <i>P. H. Gosse</i>.</cd> -- <col>Live feathers</col>, <cd>feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.</cd> -- <col>Live gang</col>. <fld>(Sawing)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Gang</er>.</cd> -- <col>Live grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a grass of the genus <spn>Eragrostis</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Live load</col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> <col>Live oak</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of oak (<spn>Quercus virens</spn>), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the <spn>Q. chrysolepis</spn> and some other species are also called <ex>live oaks<ex>.</cd> -- <col>Live ring</col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Live steam</col> , <cd>steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from <contr>exhaust steam</contr>.</cd> -- <col>Live stock</col>, <cd>horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body.</cd></cs> <-- 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.) "an alert, active, or aggressive person." -->

<h1>Live</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>On live</col>, <cd>in life; alive. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Alive</er>.</cd></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Lived</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lived</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having life; -- used only in composition; <as>as, long-<ex>lived</ex>; short-<ex>lived</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Live-forever</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"-for*ev`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Sedum Telephium</spn>) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.</def>

<h1>Livelihed</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"li*hed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Livelihood</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Livelihood</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"li*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>livelode</ets>, <ets>liflode</ets>, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. <ets>l\'c6f</ets> life + <ets>l\'bed</ets> road, way, maintenance. Confused with <ets>livelihood</ets> liveliness. See <er>Life</er>, and <er>Lode</er>.]</ety> <def>Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.</def>

<blockquote>The opportunities of gaining an honest <b>livelihood</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is their profession and <b>livelihood</b> to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Livelihood</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"li*hood</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lively</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <def>Liveliness; appearance of life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>