hedge (1 16-17th cent. use; 2 not pre-S.)
1.
“hedge out,” shut out,
debar Troil. III. i. 66.
2.
to go “aside from” the
straight path Troil. III. iii.
158 (Q “turne”); (hence) to shuffle, dodge
Wiv. II. ii. 27
“to shuffle, to hedge
and to lurch.”
