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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Sunrise

/sŭn'-rīzˌ/ · Sun·rise · IPA /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/
01 n. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy we…
  1. 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.
  2. 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.