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Webster 1913 Edition
Sunrising
{
Sun′riseˊ
,Sun′risˊing
, }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;
“The tide of sunrise swells.” as, to begin work at
. sunrise
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
And, bending o’ev his saddle, leaves the
sunrise
at his back. Whittier.