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Cruise

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

See Cruse, a small bottle.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: noun (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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

2. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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