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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cruise \Cruise\ (kr[udd]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cruised}
(kr[udd]zd); p. pr & vb n. {Cruising}.] [D. kruisen to move
crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr kruis cross, fr OF
crois, croiz, F. croix, or directly fr OF croisier, F.
croiser, to cross, cruise, fr crois a cross. See {Cross}.]
1. To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the
potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder,
or for pleasure.
Note: A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as in
the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any
cape; as off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a
coast; as on the coast of Africa. A priate cruises to
seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the
owner.
Ships of war were sent to cruise near the isle of
Bute. --Macaulay.
'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for
pleasure. --Young.
2. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]
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