To sail about. Obsolete.

intransitive. Esp. of a person or animal: to traverse or move in all directions over a comparatively large area; to rove, roam, wander. Also figur…

intransitive. To sail to and fro over some part of the sea without making for a particular port or landing-place, on the look out for ships, for the…

intransitive. To travel in a boat for pleasure or recreation; (in early use) spec. to go rowing. Also occasionally transitive with it. Cf. boating, n.…

transitive. U.S. To pass or travel circuitously along (a river, etc.). Obsolete.