Part 3370

<i>S. G. Goodrich.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Dodge</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dodge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent <b>dodges</b>, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. <i> Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dodger</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dodg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small handbill.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>See <er>Corndodger</er>.</def>

<h1>Dodgery</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dodg"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>trickery; artifice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hacket.</i>

<h1>Dodipate, Dodipoll</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw><hw>Dod"i*pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dod"i*poll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. fr. OE. <ets>dodden</ets> to cut off, to shear, and first applied to shaven-polled priests.]</ety> <def>A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.</def>

<blockquote>Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a <b>dodipoll</b>.

<i> Latimer.</i>

<h1>Dodkin</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dod"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>duitken</ets>, dim. of <ets>duit</ets>. See <er>Doit</er>, and cf. <er>Doitkin</er>.]</ety> <def>A doit; a small coin.</def>

<i>Shelton.</i>

<h1>Dodman</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dod"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Nares.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Dodo</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dodoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Said to be fr. Pg. <ets>doudo</ets> silly, foolish (cf. <er>Booby</er>); this is fr. Prov. E. <ets>dold</ets>, the same word as E. <ets>dolt</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, extinct bird (<spn>Didus ineptus</spn>), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also <altname>dronte</altname>. It was related to the pigeons.</def>

<h1>Doe</h1> <Xpage=441>