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sunrising |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sunrise \Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \Sun"ris`ing\, n. 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.
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