What is "living gale"

Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]

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

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 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.''
   --Moore.

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