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Webster 1913 Edition

Cruise

Cruise

(krṳs)
,
Noun.
See
Cruse
, a small bottle.

Cruise

(krṳz)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cruised
(krṳzd)
;
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 protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.
☞ 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 pirate 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.]

Cruise

,
Noun.
1.
A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.
He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a
cruise
to Manilla.
Dampier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cruise

CRUISE

,
Noun.
[See Cruse.]

CRUISE

,
Verb.
I.
s as z. [See cross.] To sail back and forth, or to rove on the ocean in search of an enemys ships for capture, or for protecting commerce; or to rove for plunder as a pirate. The admiral cruised between the Bahama isles and Cuba. We cruised off Cape Finisterre. A pirate was cruising in the gulf of Mexico.

CRUISE

,
Noun.
A voyage made in crossing courses; a sailing to and fro in search of an enemys ships, or by a pirate in search of plunder.

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