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Webster 1913 Edition

Lodging

Lodg′ing

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Noun.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, lodges.
2.
A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; – often in the plural with a singular meaning.
Gower.
Wits take
lodgings
in the sound of Bow.
Pope.
3.
Abiding place; harbor; cover.
Fair bosom . . . the
lodging
of delight.
Spenser.
Lodging house
,
a house where lodgings are provided and let.
–
Lodging room
,
a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lodging

LODG'ING

,
ppr.
1.
Placing at rest; depositing; furnishing lodgings.
2.
Resting for a night; residing for a time.

LODG'ING

,
Noun.
1.
A place of rest for a night, or of residence for a time; temporary habitation; apartment.
Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow.
2.
Place of residence.
Fair bosom - the lodging of delight.
3.
Harbor; cover; place of rest.
4.
Convenience for repose at night.

Definition 2024

lodging

lodging

English

Noun

lodging ‎(plural lodgings)

  1. A place to live or lodge.
  2. Sleeping accommodation.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XI, The Abbot’s Ways
      When I was a Cloister-monk, I was once sent to Durham on business of our Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at Risby, and I had to beg a lodging there.
  3. (in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
  4. (agriculture) The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.

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