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Webster 1913 Edition

Lodge

Lodge

(lŏj)
,
Noun.
[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.
(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
,
Noun.
, 1
(b)
.

Lodge

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lodged
(lŏjd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lodging
(lŏj′ĭng)
.]
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.
Shakespeare
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; to become stuck or caught;
as, the bullet
lodged
in the bark of a tree; a piece of meat
lodged
in his throat
.

Lodge

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
loggen
, OF.
logier
, F.
loger
. See
Lodge
,
Noun.
]
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 store of images than 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.
Shakespeare
To lodge an information
,
to enter a formal complaint.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lodge

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

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024

lodge

lodge

English

Noun

lodge ‎(plural lodges)

  1. A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
  2. Porter's or caretaker's rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate.
  3. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
  4. (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
  5. A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
  6. A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
  7. A den or cave.
  8. The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
  9. (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Raymond to this entry?)
  10. A collection of objects lodged together.
    • De Foe
      the Maldives, a famous lodge of islands
  11. A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
    The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.

Translations

Verb

lodge ‎(third-person singular simple present lodges, present participle lodging, simple past and past participle lodged)

  1. (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
    I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
    The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.
  2. (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
    The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.
  3. (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
    • Shakespeare
      Stay and lodge by me this night.
    • Milton
      Something holy lodges in that breast.
  4. (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
  5. (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
  6. (transitive) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
  7. (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
    The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge.

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Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Noun

lodge m ‎(plural lodges)

  1. lodge (tourist residence, especially in Africa)

Etymology

From Middle English logge, from Old French loge ‎(“arbor, covered walk-way”), Medieval Latin lobia, laubia, from Frankish *laubija ‎(“shelter”), from Proto-Germanic *laubijō ‎(“arbour, protective roof, shelter made of foliage”), from Proto-Germanic *laubą ‎(“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lōubh- ‎(“the outer parts of a tree, bark, foliage”). Cognate with Old High German louba ‎(“porch, gallery”) (German Laube ‎(“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub ‎(“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf ‎(“leaf, foliage”). Related to lobby, loggia, leaf.

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