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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lodge \Lodge\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Lodged} (l[o^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lodging} (l[o^]j"[i^]ng).]
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. --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. --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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lodged \Lodged\, adjective (Her.) Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as {couchant} is of beasts of prey.
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