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Definition of Lodge
Pronunciation: lǒjd | n. | 1. | A shelter in which one may rest; | | 2. | A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. | | 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. | | 3. | A collection of objects lodged together. | | 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. | | v. i. | 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. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. | | 2. | To drive to shelter; to track to covert. | | 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. | | 5. | To lay down; to prostrate. | | 6. | To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint. |
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