'Sunrising' definitions:

Definition of 'Sunrising'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. [1913 Webster]
  • Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising. --Deut. iv. 47 (Rev. Ver.) [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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