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Riser   /rˈaɪzər/   Listen
Riser

noun
1.
A person who rises (especially from bed).
2.
A vertical pipe in a building.  Synonyms: riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline.
3.
Structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step.



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"Riser" Quotes from Famous Books



... frightened during the very transitory moments of our interview, and I think was, upon the last occasion, startled by the entrance of some one into the farmyard, just as she was on the point of addressing me. You must not ask whether I am an early riser, since such objects are only to be seen at daybreak; and although I have never again seen her, yet I have reason to think she is not distant. It was but three nights ago, that, worn out by the uniformity of my confinement, I had manifested more symptoms of despondence than I had before ...
— Redgauntlet • Sir Walter Scott
... seven o'clock, just after darkness had set in, for the moon was getting very old now, and a late riser. The two boys sat in Hugh's den for considerably more than an hour, talking and planning. Both showed vague signs of nervousness, however. Thad in particular frequently walked over to a window and ...
— The Chums of Scranton High - Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight • Donald Ferguson
... times it was to be up at daybreak for a hunt! The long years seemed suddenly to have rolled away, leaving him once more a boy. He almost wondered why Dick had not whistled to him as he used to do. Dick was an early riser, and somehow always ...
— Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know • Various
... that he worked in bed from terribly wee small hours, had coffee at six, and only on unusual occasions appeared to his guests before the twelve-thirty lunch. As for Paula Forrest, Bert explained, she was a poor sleeper, a late riser, lived behind a door without a knob in a spacious wing with a rare and secret patio that even he had seen but once, and only on infrequent occasion was she known to appear before ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London
... the Leonardo Studio apartments was an early riser. For that reason it was nearly eleven o'clock when Thorpe, his face very white, telephoned downstairs and asked the doorman ...
— The Come Back • Carolyn Wells


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