Cruise, Cruse

A small bottle, cup, flagon, or cruet. "A cruise of fragrance, formed of burnish'd gold."- Pope . Cruise, (krōōz,) v. n. [Ger. kreuzen ; D. krui en ; from kruis , Fr. croiser , to cro .] To sail hither and thither, in directions which cro each other; to rove on the sea without any certain course, in search of an enemy's ship for capture, or for protecting commerce; to rove for plunder; as, to cruise off Jamaica, to cruise for slavers, . n. A voyage made in courses that cro each other; a sailing to and fro in search of an enemy's ships, or by a pirate in search of plunder; as, a yachting cruise.