SUNRISE
NOUNS
1250 — SUNRISING sunrise → arch.
1340 — SUNRIST the sunrise; the east → obs.
1400 — SUN-SPRING the rising of the sun; sunrise → arch.
1824 — NEB the time between dawn and sunrise → Sc.
1824 — NEB OF THE MORNING the time between dawn and sunrise → Sc.
1850 — SUN-BREAK sunrise, dawn
1896 — BEFORE-DAY the time just prior to sunrise → Amer. dial.
1896 — FORE-DAY the time just prior to sunrise → Amer. dial.
1915 — KEEK O’ DAY sunrise, peep of day → Sc.
1967 — PEEP OF DAY dawn, sunrise → Amer. dial.
Lexicophilia 