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Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.

railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents.

Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.

. A sheer precipice of a thousand feet. J. D. Hooker. It was at least Nine roods of sheer ascent. Wordsworth.

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. [Obs.] Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two. Chaucer.

A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]

of a house, where the servants are. -- Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. -- Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n., 1. -- Run of stars (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one pla…

izontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.

Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.

A steep hill or ascent. [Obs.] W. Browne.

d. Summit level, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent.

A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.

Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. "The steep uprising of the hill." Shak.

Tending to a violet color; violascent.