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(the) rise of noun phrase Somewhat more than, in excess of (a specified distance, quantity, or period of time). [DARE labels this phrase “chiefly South, South Midland”]

1863 Neves CW Letters (March 26) the yanks lost the Rise of 300 kild & grait many prisners. 1915 Dingus Word-list VA 188 = slightly more than: “It’s the rise of three miles to the mill.” 1917 Kephart Word-list 416 = more than. “A leetle the rise o' six miles.” 1924 Abernethy Moonshine 15 The mountain people have a way of saying it is the “rise” of so many miles to such a place; travelers have never been able to make out what “rise” means, unless it is that after one has gone the requisite number of miles he rises to “cuss” the fellow who directed him. 1939 Hall Coll (Hazel Creek NC) He asked me how long I’d lived here, and I told him the rise of fifty year. 1974 Fink Bits Mt Speech 22 He had in the rise of twenty hogs.