Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sunrise"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sunrise
adj : of an industry or technology; new and developing;
"high-technology sunrise industries" [syn: {sunrise(a)}]
n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning},
{aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break
of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}] [ant: {sunset}]
2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of
the sun
3: the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
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