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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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RISE, v., n. Also †rice (see etym. note).

I. v. A. Sc. forms: Inf. and pres.t. rise, ryse. Pa.t. str. ra(i)s(e), raisse, raize, raze (Abd. 1920 G. P. Dunbar Peat Reek 39). Gen.Sc.; ræise (s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell St. Matthew xxvii. 52); ris (Bnff. 1887 G. G. Green Gordonhaven 100; Slg., Lnk., Kcb. 1968), riz (Lnk. 1895 A. G. Murdoch Readings I. 21; Uls. 1900 Cent. Mag. (Feb.) 605; Sc. 1926 H. McDiarmid Drunk Man 1); reese (Bch. 1943 W. S. Forsyth Guff o' Waur 12; Sh. 1968); weak †rysed. Pa.p. risen; ris (Uls. 1910 C. C. Russell People & Lang. 33).

Pa.t. Sc. forms of Eng. rose.wm.Sc. 1987 Duncan and Linda Williamson A Thorn in the King's Foot 181:
... an he fell on the floar, he twistit an turnt on the floar fir about ten minutes. An whan he rase up the greatest change i the world tuik over him.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 52:
Syne, there wis a blinnin fire-flaucht. I thocht the sun hid faaen ooto the lift! Fin I luikit ower tae the toun, a great column o rikk raisse up, swyin frae side tae side.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 87:
A wee cloud o san raise up frae the skelp o a sea-braze's tail on the boddom.

B. Sc. usages: 1. intr. To get up out of bed in the morning. Gen.Sc., now liter, or obsol. in Eng.Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 75:
To see the young Fouk or they raise.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 21:
He may well sair, the best day e'er she raise.Ayr. 1791 Burns Lament of Mary Queen of Scots iv.:
Fu' lightly rase I in the morn.Edb. 1816 Scott O. Mortality xliii.:
If he would please gang to the Linn or the folk raise.Slk. 1822 Hogg Tales (1874) 618:
I'll gar [him] sleep in his shoon a fit shorter than he rase i' the morning.Sc. 1864 J. C. Shairp Kilmahoe 136:
I raise and was ready, In the grey of the dawn.Uls. a.1908 Traynor (1953):
Is the master riz yet?Edb. 1951 Edb. Evening News (19 March):
When ye rise first thing in the mornin'.ne.Sc. 1964 People's Jnl. (12 Sept.) 20:
Some of our Scots North-East expressions were a great source of amusement to Irish and English fellow travellers. We “rise” in the morning. They informed us, “We just get up”.

2. Of soap: to form a lather (Abd. 1968).ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor Folk-Lore 177:
In washing, if the soap did not rise on the clothes, there was a fey person's clothes in the tub.

3. Of food: to repeat, rise in the gullet. Also in Eng. dial.Peb. 1817 R. Brown Lintoun Green 58:
My heart will frae my mou' soon loup! My paritch soon will rise!

4. In ppl.adj. rising, (1) approaching, of a period of time; (2) in superl. risingest in phr. the risingest burgh, applied as a soubriquet to the town of Clydebank.(1) Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sketches 64:
We wir come ta spaek aboot da fishin' fur da risin' saison.Sh., Ags., wm.Sc., Kcb. 1968:
It's risin' fower (o'clock).(2) Dmb. 1959 Stat. Acc.³ 239:
The mushroom growth of Clydebank up to 1921 earned for it the name “the risingest burgh”.

5. tr. To cause to rise up, to lift up, to bring about, produce. Also in Eng. dial. Vbl.n. rising, an awakening. Deriv. riser, in rubble-walling: a stone which reaches to the full height of the course. Gen.Sc. Comb. riseband, †rice-, in Masonry: a vertical joint rising through several courses without bonding (Per., Dmb. 1968), used e.g. in abutments [′rɪzbɑn(d)].Bnff. 1723 W. Cramond Ann. Cullen (1888) 83:
He rysed the daill of the foot of the door with his hands and crap out from below the door.Per. 1787 Session Papers, Petition J. Sharp (5 Feb. 1788) Proof 18:
There is part about the middle [of a gable], that seems to have been riceband. . . . What he means by riceband, is where the building is plain, and the gable and backwall not joined into one another.Per. 1811 Harp Per. (Ford 1893) 96:
He's the first man that rises dearth Amo the meal.Dmf. 1820 J. Johnstone Poems (1857) 112:
Soon the house shall get a rising, For thy tricks, thou waur than witch.Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 114:
Nae mair he [cock]'ll rise us i' the morn.Gsw. 1842 Children in Trades Report ii. i. 16:
The steam colours, which are “risen up” with steam (i.e. made bright) are the worst for making the children sick.s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws iii.:
The frost was rising the mist from the rain-soaked bent.Kcb. 1911 G. M. Gordon Clay Biggin' 12:
He looked as gin he was feared til rise the Laird's displeesure.Uls. a.1908 Traynor (1953):
Rise that window.m.Sc. 1991 Tom Scott in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 42:
'Gin thon het blade he raise again abuin me,
Lang or it faas daeth'll hae owretaen me!'.

6. To ascend, mount, climb up (Kcb. 1968). Also in Eng. dial.Dmf. 1898 E. Hamilton Mawkin vi.:
The horseman slowly rose the brae.Uls. 1953 Traynor:
He was risin' the brae when I saw him.Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 1:
Gin aa the anchors raisse an brakk,
Gin salmon flew an sun grew black;
Gin banes gied birth tae mysteries,
Mankind micht prize kent boundaries.

7. With can, could: to afford, to have the means of obtaining or providing. Also in Eng. dial.Gsw. 1860 J. Young Poorhouse Lays 168:
Sellin' his matches or shoe-bleck, When he can rise sic ware.Uls. 1953 Traynor:
Could you rise me the money to go?

II. n. 1. The act of getting out of bed in the morning. Gen.Sc.Fif. 1952 B. Holman Diamond Panes 30:
He is to be on the pumps at the William the morn's mornin' and ye ken fine that means a hauf-five rise.sm.Sc. 1966:
You'll have an early rise if you want to reach Edinburgh by 9 o'clock.

2. The layer of new wool next to the skin of a sheep at shearing time which represents the growth of the new coat (m. and s.Sc. 1968).Dmf. 1843 Trans. Highl. Soc. 654:
The white and unstained wool which has grown between smearing and clipping, and which is familiarly known . . . as the rise.Rxb. 1948 Scottish Field (July) 21:
In the wild state the sheep moulted its fleece naturally, because a new growth of wool, or rather hair, pushed up the old fleece. It was this “rise” of an inch or so in the wool that made it possible for a sheep to be shorn with a pair of shears.

3. As in Eng., an increase in an amount of money, etc. Comb. rise-rent, an increased rent (see quot.) (Cai., Ags., Per., Kcb. 1968).Fif. 1800 J. Thomson Agric. Fif. 353:
With this view the lease is made to extend to an indefinite number of years, but, at the same time, divided into periods of 21 years, and stipulating a certain rise of rent to take place at the commencement of each period. At the termination of every period, the tenant is at liberty to resign his farm . . . or to continue in possession, upon paying the rise-rent fixed in the lease.

4. A spring or well (Abd. 1968).Slk. 1913 H.J.C. Clippings from Clayboddie (1921) 88:
If there is a rise or spring between the drains, a branch should always be run into it, and into the very centre of it.

5. A piece of amusement at someone's expense, a joke, a hoax (Cai. 1904 E.D.D.). Also in n.Eng. dial. Cf. colloq. Eng. “to take a rise out of”.Sc. 1703 Analecta Scot. (Maidment 1837) II. 145:
I thought it a good rise to attack thes of the English of that order who insulted us.Wgt. 1877 G. Fraser Sketches 274:
Several notabilia of the Burgh were assembled to hear “rises”.

†6. Comb. rice-baulking, ploughing which leaves a strip of unturned earth between each furrow. See Rib, v., 2. and Bauk, n.² For form cf. I. 5. and etym. note.Sc. 1814 J. Sinclair Agric. Scot. I. 350:
This antiquated mode of half ploughing, was termed ribbing or rice baulking.