Lodge

v. t. (imp. & p. p. LODGED; p. pr. & vb. n. LODGING.) [O. Eng. logge, Fr. loger, O. Fr. logier, L. Lat. logiare, It. alloggiare, Sp. alojar. See infra.]

1Sense 1. To set, lay, or deposit for keeping or preservation, for a longer or shorter time; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.

2Sense 2. To infix; to throw in; to settle; to place; to plant.

He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. Addison.

3Sense 3. To fix in the heart, mind, or memory.

I can give no reason More than a lodged hate. Shak.

The memory can lodge a greater store of images than the senses can present at one time. Cheyne.

4Sense 4. To afford a place for; to furnish with a temporary habitation; to provide with a transient abiding-place; hence, to harbor; to cover.

Every house was proud to lodge a knight. Dryden.

The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her cover. Addison.

5Sense 5. To beat down so as to entangle.

Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down, Though castles topple on their warders’ heads. Shak.

To lodge an information, to make a complaint

1Sense 1. To reside; to dwell; to rest. And lodge such daring souls in little men. Pope. 2. To rest or dwell for a time, as for a night, a week, a month. Stay and lodge by me this night. Shak. 3. To fall down and become entangled, as the stalks of grain.