dodge v Cp SMYTH 255 'to watch or follow a ship from place to place' for sense 2.
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   1924 Deep Sea Fishers xxi (4), 139 Dodge up. To drop around; go on an errand. 1984 POWELL 44 We kept dodging along [through the forest]. The travelling was getting better. 1986 SAUNDERS 21 When we got big enough we dodged along the landwash looking for interesting shells and rocks and especially fool's gold. 1987 Lore and Language vi (1), 28 Sometimes, he'd be in view sometimes he wouldn't be in view. When we'd be in a hollow, he'd be on a hill. And we started singing out 'Skipper! ... hey!hey!hey!' like you would. But he kept dodging on, dodging on.
   2 [1792] 1989 PULLING (ed Marshall) 129 When they presented either of their pieces at the Indians they dodg'd behind the Clifts & made sport of them.

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