Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]