From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cruise \Cruise\ (kr?z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cruised (kr?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 pirate 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.]
( ed. note-What the heck is hither and thither? Is that like Tacking?)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Voyage \Voy"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Voyaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Voyaging.] [Cf. F. voyager.] To take a voyage; especially, to
sail or pass by water.
A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone. --Wordsworth.
in the 4+ years that we spent on "HEIDEE" We were neither "pirates" nor "passing by water"
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We were living aboard a 28 ft. sailboat and having the time of our lives.
