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Definition of rock or stone

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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.

Meaning of rock or stone from wikipedia

- Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid...
- Rocking stones (also known as logan stones or logans) are large stones that are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force causes them...
- In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid m**** or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included...
- Rock paper scissors (commonly scissors, paper, rock or stone in Australia) is an intransitive hand game, usually pla**** between two people, in which each...
- a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation...
- This is a comprehensive list of notable stoner rock/metal bands. It includes any musical groups that have incorporated the genre into their music at some...
- an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often...
- rock, stone or gemstone to promote interest in their natural resources, history, tourism, etc. Not every state has an official state mineral, rock, stone...
- Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated as QOTSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Seattle, Washington. The band was founded by vocalist...
- The Foundation Stone (Hebrew: אֶבֶן הַשְּׁתִיָּה, romanized: ʾEven hašŠetīyyā, lit. 'Foundation Stone'), or the Noble Rock (Arabic: الصخرة المشرفة, romanized: al-Saḵrah...