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cruise (kr<udd/s), n. See Cruse, a small bottle.[1913 Webster]
| cruise | (kr<udd/s), n.
See Cruse, a small bottle.
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| 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.]
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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.
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| cruise | , v. t. 1.
To cruise over or about.
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2. (Forestry)
To explore with reference to capacity for the production of lumber; as, to cruise a section of land.
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| cruise | , n. 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.
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-He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla. Dampier.
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2. Hence:
A voyage aboard a ship, in which the activities on the ship itself form a major objective of the voyage; -- used particularly of vacation voyages, or voyages during which some special activity occurs on board the ship, such as a series of seminars.
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