(Eccl.) A vessel used to hold
wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.Cruet stand,
a frame for holding cruets;
a caster.Cruise (kr&udd;s), n. See
Cruse, a small bottle.
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.
&fist; 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.
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