plural of rising action

(Ireland, poetic) a rebellion.

The pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.

Synonym of take the bait

(nautical) The transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor.

(nautical) An elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length.

(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) An increase in salary or wages.

(UK, education) A child who will turn three years old during the school term, and may therefore count as a three-year-old for the purposes of registering at a school.

plural of rising three

To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate. / To prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself.