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cruise ((v.))

• 1 v. travel through the country to appraise its potential in natural resources.

  • 1834-43  (1955)  I was cruising with another Trapper thro. the timber. . . .

• 2 v. Lumbering examine a tract of forest to estimate the value of the timber on it, especially for a logging company.

  See also: cruise-line  cruiser (def. 1)  cruising  range line  sight  

  • 1912  Stackpole and Dubois had sense enough to cruise in other timber than that surrounding the trading post.
  • 1956  They're going to work on shares, getting out some timber they've been cruising.

• 3 v. Nfld See quote.

  • 1933  CRUISING THE FLOE Denotes the search for the seals on foot, often over many miles of ice.