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1 definition found 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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