ppl. a. † a. Of a horse or deer: ? Having an erect chest and well-carried neck. Obs. b. Of bread or paste (see RISE v. 10 c).
1639. T. de Grey, Compl. Horsem., I. iv. (1656), 37. Those three [properties] of a Hart, are to have lean and dry legs, to be well risen before, and a lean head. Ibid. Horses … to have a great belly, well risen before, straight backt.
1728. [E. Smith], Compleat Housew. (ed. 2), 133. When ’tis well risen, put in a pound of Carraway-comfits.
