Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cruise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cruise \Cruise\, v. i. (Forestry)
To inspect forest land for the purpose of estimating the
quantity of lumber it will yield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cruise \Cruise\, v. t.
1. To cruise over or about.
2. (Forestry) To explore with reference to capacity for the
production of lumber; as, to cruise a section of land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cruise \Cruise\, n.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cruise \Cruise\ (kr[udd]s), n.
See {Cruse}, a small bottle.
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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cruise
n : an ocean trip taken for pleasure [syn: {sail}]
v 1: drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure;
"She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible"
2: travel at a moderate speed; of vessels or airplanes
3: look for a sexual partner in a public place; "The men were
cruising the park"
4: go on a cruise
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