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cruise (kro͞oz) v. cruised, cruis·ing, cruis·es v.intr. 1. a. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance. b. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion: "A whole cache of babies ... cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers" (Anne Tyler). 2. To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.
cruise (kro͞oz)
v. cruised, cruis·ing, cruis·es
v.intr.
1.
a. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance.
b. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion: “A whole cache of babies … cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers” (Anne Tyler).
2. To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.
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can·dle (kăn′dl) n. 1. a. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light. b. Something resembling this object in shape or use. 2. Physics An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition, later in terms of a carbon-filament lamp, and superseded by the candela. Also called international candle. tr.v. can·dled, can·dling, can·dles To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.
can·dle (kăn′dl)
n.
1.
a. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
b. Something resembling this object in shape or use.
2. Physics An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition, later in terms of a carbon-filament lamp, and superseded by the candela. Also called international candle.
tr.v. can·dled, can·dling, can·dles
To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.
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blue (blo͞o) n. 1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues. 2. a. A pigment or dye imparting this hue. b. Bluing.
blue (blo͞o)
n.
1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
2.
a. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.
b. Bluing.