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Webster 1913 Edition
Lodge
Lodge
(lŏj)
, Noun.
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 individualsLodge gate
, 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 StreetChaucer.
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 throat1.
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 arsenal4.
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.