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rising noun A swelling, inflammation, pustule. [OED labels this usage "now dialect or U.S."; DARE labels it "chiefly South, South Midland" in the U.S.]

1808 (in 1920 DeWitt Sevier Journal 40) (July 9) The white flowered asmert is very fine for the Polleville in creatures or any rising or pains in a person. 1862 Lockmiller CW Letters (July 18) mi risen has broke an has got beter. 1921 Campbell Sthn Highlander 202 That the Highlander is not immune to this diet, one may gather from the frequency of sallow complexions and the great prevalence of "risings"—a comprehensive term which may apply to anything, from a minute swelling to a carbuncle. 1939 Hall Coll (Big Creek NC) You can put fat meat on a risin’ or you can get tannin’ bark. 1973 AOHP/ASU-124 She used mustard [poultice] and such as that for fever and pneumonia fever and for the risings.