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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LODGE, v.t.
1. To set, lay or deposit for keeping or preservation, for a longer or shorter time. The men lodged their arms in the arsenal.
2. To place; to plant; to infix.
He lodged an arrow in a tender breast.
3. To fix; to settle in the heart, mind or memory.
I can give no reason more than a lodged hate -
4. To furnish with a temporary habitation, or with an accommodation for a night. He lodged the prince a month, a week, or a night. [The word usually denotes a short residence, but for no definite time.]
5. To harbor; to cover. The deer is lodged.
6. To afford place to; to contain for keeping.
The memory can lodge a greater store of images, than the senses can present at one time.
7. To throw in or on; as, to lodge a ball or a bomb in a fort.
8. To throw down; to lay flat.
Our sighs, and they shall lodge the summer corn.
LODGE, v.i.
1. To reside; to dwell; to rest in a place.
And lodge such daring souls in little men.
2. To rest or dwell for a time, as for a night, a week, a month. We lodged a night at the Golden Ball. We lodged a week at the City Hotel. Soldiers lodge in tents in summer, and in huts in winter. Fowls lodge on trees or rocks.
3. To fall flat, as grain. Wheat and oats on strong land are apt to lodge.
LODGE, n.
1. A small house in a park or forest, for a temporary place of rest at night; a temporary habitation; a hut.
2. A small house or tenement appended to a larger; as a porter's lodge.
3. A den; a cave; any place where a wild beast dwells.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) [syn: Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge]
2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [syn: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order]
3: small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
4: a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn: lodge, hunting lodge]
5: any of various Native American dwellings [syn: lodge, indian lodge]
6: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge] v
1: be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"
2: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
3: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file]
4: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" [syn: lodge, accommodate]

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Henry Cabot 1850-1924 American statesman & author II. biographical name Henry Cabot 1902-1985 grandson of preceding American politician & diplomat III. biographical name Sir Oliver Joseph 1851-1940 English physicist IV. biographical name Thomas 1558-1625 English poet & dramatist

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (lodged; lodging) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to provide temporary quarters for (2) to rent lodgings to b. to establish or settle in a place 2. to serve as a receptacle for ; contain 3. to beat (as a crop) flat to the ground 4. to bring to an intended or a fixed position (as by throwing or thrusting) 5. to deposit for safeguard or preservation 6. to place or vest especially in a source, means, or agent 7. to lay (as a complaint) before a proper authority ; file intransitive verb 1. a. to occupy a place temporarily ; sleep b. (1) to have a residence ; dwell (2) to be a lodger 2. to come to a rest 3. to fall or lie down — used especially of hay or grain crops II. noun Etymology: Middle English loge, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect a rude shelter or abode 2. a. a house set apart for residence in a particular season (as the hunting season) b. a resort hotel ; inn 3. a. a house on an estate originally for the use of a gamekeeper, caretaker, or porter b. a shelter for an employee (as a gatekeeper) 4. a den or lair especially of gregarious animals (as beavers) 5. a. the meeting place of a branch of an organization and especially a fraternal organization b. the body of members of such a branch 6. a. wigwam b. a family of North American Indians

Britannica Concise

Originally an insubstantial dwelling, or one erected for a temporary occupational purpose (e.g., woodcutting or masonry) or for use during the hunting season. The lodge became a more permanent type of house as the lands around European mansions were developed as parks. The lodge was often the cottage of the gamekeeper, caretaker, gatekeeper, or gardener, or it could be a larger building for occupation by a higher-ranking person. Today the word suggests a rustic dwelling or inn in a natural setting, often one used seasonally (e.g., a ski lodge).

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, etc. 2 any large house or hotel, esp. in a resort. 3 a house occupied in the hunting or shooting season. 4 a a porter's room or quarters at the gate of a college or other large building. b the residence of a head of a college, esp. at Cambridge. 5 the members or the meeting-place of a branch of a society such as the Freemasons. 6 a local branch of a trade union. 7 a beaver's or otter's lair. 8 a N. American Indian's tent or wigwam. --v. 1 tr. deposit in court or with an official a formal statement of (complaint or information). 2 tr. deposit (money etc.) for security. 3 tr. bring forward (an objection etc.). 4 tr. (foll. by in, with) place (power etc.) in a person or group. 5 tr. & intr. make or become fixed or caught without further movement (the bullet lodged in his brain; the tide lodges mud in the cavities). 6 tr. a provide with sleeping quarters. b receive as a guest or inmate. c establish as a resident in a house or room or rooms. 7 intr. reside or live, esp. as a guest paying for accommodation. 8 tr. serve as a habitation for; contain. 9 tr. (in passive; foll. by in) be contained in. 10 a tr. (of wind or rain) flatten (crops). b intr. (of crops) be flattened in this way. Etymology: ME loge f. OF loge arbour, hut, f. med.L laubia, lobia (see LOBBY) f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lodge Lodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging.] 1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street. --Chaucer. Stay and lodge by me this night. --Shak. Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton. 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer. 3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lodge Lodge, n. [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.] 1. A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. --Chaucer. Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]. --Robert of Brunne. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! --Cowper. (b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. --Shak. (c) A den or cave. (d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge. (c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. 2. (Mining) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt. --Raymond. 3. A collection of objects lodged together. The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. --De Foe. 4. A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals. Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b) .

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lodge Lodge, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ] 1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden. The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne. 2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert. The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert. --Addison. 3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. 4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison. 5. To lay down; to prostrate. Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down. --Shak. To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lodges, lodging, lodged) 1. A lodge is a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday, especially when they want to shoot or fish. ...a Victorian hunting lodge. ...a ski lodge. N-COUNT: usu supp N 2. A lodge is a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a large house. I drove out of the gates, past the keeper's lodge. N-COUNT 3. In some organizations, a lodge is a local branch or meeting place of the organization. My father would occasionally go to his Masonic lodge. N-COUNT: usu supp N 4. If you lodge a complaint, protest, accusation, or claim, you officially make it. He has four weeks in which to lodge an appeal. = make VERB: V n 5. If you lodge somewhere, such as in someone else's house or if you are lodged there, you live there, usually paying rent. ...the story of the farming family she lodged with as a young teacher... The building he was lodged in turned out to be a church. VERB: V prep/adv, be V-ed prep/adv 6. If someone lodges you somewhere, they give you a place to stay, for example because they are responsible for your safety or comfort. They lodged the delegates in different hotels. VERB: V n prep/adv 7. If an object lodges somewhere, it becomes stuck there. The bullet lodged in the sergeant's leg, shattering his thigh bone... His car has a bullet lodged in the passenger door. VERB: V prep/adv, V-ed 8. see also lodging

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa. 1:8). The Hebrew name _melunah_ is rendered "cottage" (q.v.) in Isa. 24:20. It also denotes a hammock or hanging-bed.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

loj (lin; kataskenoo, etc.): To stay or dwell, temporarily, as for the night (Ge 32:13,21; Nu 22:8; Jos 2:1 the King James Version; Jos 4:3; Lu 13:19; Mt 21:17, aulizomai), or permanently (Ru 1:16). In Isa 1:8, "a lodge (melunah) in a garden of cucumbers," the meaning is "hut," "cottage." "Evil thoughts" are said to "lodge" in the wicked (Jer 4:14).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Hut. 2. Cottage, cot, small house. 3. Den, lair, haunt, cave. 4. Association (as of Freemasons), secret society. 5. Collection, group. II. v. a. 1. Place, put, deposit, set, lay. 2. Plant, infix, fix, settle, place, throw in. 3. Harbor, quarter, cover, provide lodging for. 4. Lay flat, beat down. III. v. n. 1. Settle, be deposited, be fixed. 2. Inhabit (for a season), dwell, live, reside, abide, rest. 3. Sojourn, tarry, rest, stop, stay, remain, abide, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, put up, take lodgings, have lodgings.

Moby Thesaurus

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