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Webster 1913 Edition


Sunrising

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Sun′riseˊ

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Sun′risˊing

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Noun.
1.
The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather;
as, to begin work at
sunrise
.
“The tide of sunrise swells.”
Keble.
2.
Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
Which were beyond Jordan toward the
sunrising
.
Deut. iv. 47 (Rev. Ver.)
Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack,
And, bending o’ev his saddle, leaves the
sunrise
at his back.
Whittier.