dodge v EDD ~ v 1 for sense 1; OED 5 for sense 2.
   1 To stroll casually and slowly along, to saunter.
   1937 DEVINE 18 ~ To walk along leisurely. A person invited to a house in the suburbs said, 'I may dodge in that way some evening.' T 313-66 So I was dodgin' on, happy as a lark. 1970 Evening Telegram 17 July, p. 2 So we said we'd dodge over here [to Come-by-Chance from Dildo] and see what was the chances [of work]. 1976 GUY 95 The grandfather angel dodged along puffing on an imaginary pipe.
   2 To follow or pursue other people stealthily; DOG v.
   1937 DEVINE 18 ~ To trail somebody. C 68-24 Boys dodging them said that all they talked about was the fast horse her father had, the weather, and how the crops turned out.
   3 Of a vessel, to stand up or down under easy sail.
   1887 BOND 121 We kept on, just dodging along nearly head to wind. 1930 BARNES 272 If we don't keep off the Cape we'll have to put her head around to the westward again and dodge away up the Gulf. 1977 Nfld Qtly Summer, p. 7 We had a sail on her then and just let her dodge on before the wind to see if we could see anything coming behind us.

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