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ris⋅er

[rahy-zer]

–noun

1.	a person who rises, esp. from bed: to be an early riser.

2.	the vertical face of a stair step.

3.	any of a group of long boards or narrow platforms that can be combined in stepwise fashion: The choir stood on a horseshoe of risers behind the orchestra.

4.	a vertical pipe, duct, or conduit.

5.	Metallurgy. a chamber or enlarged opening at the top of a mold for allowing air to escape or adding extra metal.

Nautical.

a.	a heavy strake of planking in the vicinity of the garboard strake in a wooden vessel.

b.	rising (def. 10).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see rise, -er ¹

[rahy-zing]

–adjective

1.	advancing, ascending, or mounting: rising smoke.

2.	growing or advancing to adult years: the rising generation.

–adverb Informal.

3.	somewhat more than: The crop came to rising 6000 bushels.

4.	in approach of; almost; well-nigh: a lad rising sixteen.

–noun

5.	the act of a person or thing that rises.

6.	an insurrection; rebellion; revolt.

7.	something that rises; projection or prominence.

8.	a period of leavening of dough preceding baking.

9.	Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a morbid swelling, as an abscess or boil.

10.	Also called riser. Nautical. a stringer supporting the thwarts of an open boat.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME (ger.). See rise, -ing ² , ing¹

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ris·er (rī'zər)

One who rises, especially from sleep: She is a late riser.
The vertical part of a stair step.
A platform, as for elevating a group of people above a crowd, often arranged with similar platforms in tiers.

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