Sŭn’rīse or Sŭn’rīs-ing, n.

n. 1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; or, more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather. 2. Hence, the east. Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack, And, bending o’er his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back. Whittier.