Lodge — Defs

01 n. A shelter in which one may rest;

1.
A shelter in which one may rest;
“Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build].” — Robert of Brunne.

“O for a lodge in some vast wilderness!” — Cowper.
2.
A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.
3.
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.(Mining) Also: platt
4.
A collection of objects lodged together.
“The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands.” — De Foe.
5.
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.

Phrases & compounds

Lodge gate — a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b).

02 v. i. 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.

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.
“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.
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.

03 v. t. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.

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.” — Shak.
6.
To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.

Phrases & compounds

To lodge an information — to enter a formal complaint.