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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lodge \Lodge\ (l[o^]j), noun [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See {Leaf}, and cf. {Lobby}, {Loggia}.]
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.
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! --Cowper. (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 individuals.
{Lodge gate}, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See {Lodge}, noun, 1 (b) .
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]:
Lodge \Lodge\, verb (used with an object) [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See {Lodge}, noun ]
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. [PJC]
{To lodge an information}, to enter a formal complaint.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Lodge
noun
1: English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) [syn: {Sir Oliver Lodge}, {Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge}]
2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [syn: {club}, {society}, {guild}, {gild}, {order}]
3: small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
4: a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn: {hunting lodge}]
5: any of various native American dwellings [syn: {indian lodge}]
6: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: {hostel}, {hostelry}, {inn}]
verb
1: be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"
2: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn: {wedge}, {stick}, {deposit}] [ant: {dislodge}]
3: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: {charge}, {file}]
4: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" [syn: {accommodate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
199 Moby Thesaurus words for "lodge": Dymaxion house, White House, abide, accept, accommodate, admit, adobe house, affiliate, arm, bank, bed, berth, bestow, billet, blockhouse, board, box, branch, branch office, bring forward, building, bundle away, bungalow, bunk, burrow, cabin, caboose, cache, camp, casa, catch, cave, chalet, chapter, cliff dwelling, coffer, cohabit, confirm, consulate, contain, cot, cote, cottage, couch, country house, country seat, covert, dacha, deanery, deep-dye, define, den, deposit, division, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dwell, dwelling house, earth, edifice, embassy, embed, engraft, engrave, enter, entertain, entrench, erection, establish, etch, fabric, farm, farmhouse, file, fix, form, found, furnish accommodations, gatehouse, ground, hall, hang out, harbor, hold, hole, hospice, hostel, hostelry, house, houseboat, hut, hutch, impact, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, inhabit, inn, inscribe, jam, lair, lake dwelling, lay, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, live, living machine, local, log cabin, love nest, manor house, manse, mew, nest, occupy, offshoot, organ, pack, pack away, parsonage, penthouse, perch, pied-a-terre, plant, post, prefabricated house, presidential palace, print, public house, put away, put down, put up, quarter, ranch house, receive, record, rectory, register, remain, repose, reposit, reservoir, reside, rest, roadhouse, roof, room, roost, root, run, salt away, salt down, seat, set, set down, set forth, set in, set out, settle, shack, shanty, shelter, skyscraper, snuggery, sod house, split-level, squat, stable, stamp, stash, stay, stereotype, stick, stick fast, stop, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, strike root, structure, submit, take, take in, take root, tavern, tenant, town house, tunnel, vicarage, warehouse, wedge, wing
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lodge, SC (town, FIPS 42280) Location: 33.06752 N, 80.95456 W Population (1990): 147 (69 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29082
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Lodge, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 114 Housing Units (2000): 59 Land area (2000): 3.141949 sq. miles (8.137610 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.141949 sq. miles (8.137610 sq. km) FIPS code: 42280 Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45 Location: 33.068675 N, 80.957689 W ZIP Codes (1990): 29082 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Lodge, SC Lodge
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lodge a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa. 1:8). The Hebrew name _melunah_ is rendered "cottage" (q.v.) in Isa. 24:20. It also denotes a hammock or hanging-bed.
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