What is "lodge"

Lodge \Lodge\, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ]

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.

   To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.

Lodge \Lodge\, v. i. [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.

Lodge \Lodge\ (l[o^]j), n. [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:

   1. 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.

   2. A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.
      --Shak.

   3. A den or cave.

   4. 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, n., 1 (b) .

c.1200, loggen, "to encamp, set up camp;" c. 1300 "to put in a certain place," from Old French logier "lodge; find lodging for" (Modern French loger), from loge (see lodge (n.)). From late 14c. as "to dwell, live; to have temporary accomodations; to provide (someone) with sleeping quarters; to get lodgings." Sense of "to get a thing in the intended place, to make something stick" is from 1610s. Related: Lodged; lodging.

mid-13c. in surnames and place names; late 13c. as "small building or hut," from Old French loge "arbor, covered walk; hut, cabin, grandstand at a tournament," from Frankish *laubja "shelter" (cognate with Old High German louba "porch, gallery," German Laube "bower, arbor"), from Proto-Germanic *laubja- "shelter," likely originally "shelter of foliage," or "roof made from bark," from root of leaf (n.).\n

\n"Hunter's cabin" sense is first recorded late 14c. Sense of "local branch of a society" is first recorded 1680s, from mid-14c. logge "workshop of masons." Also used of certain American Indian buildings, hence lodge-pole (1805). Feste of Logges (c.1400) was a Middle English rendition of the Old Testament Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

n. 1 A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. 2 porter or caretaker rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate. 3 A local chapter of some fraternity, such as freemason. 4 (context US English) A local chapter of a trade union. 5 A rural hotel or resort, an inn. 6 A beaver shelter constructed on a pond or lake. 7 A den or cave. 8 The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. 9 (context mining English) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt. 10 A collection of objects lodged together. 11 A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To be firmly fixed in a specified position. 2 (context intransitive English) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. 3 (context intransitive English) To stay in any place or shelter. 4 (context transitive English) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time. 5 (context transitive English) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety. 6 (context transitive English) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authority (such as courts, etc.). 7 (context intransitive English) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

1. v. 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]

Lodge is originally a term for a relatively small building, often associated with a larger one. Lodge or The Lodge may refer to:

Lodge Manufacturing is a manufacturer of cast iron cookware based in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Founded in 1896 by Joseph Lodge, Lodge Manufacturing is one of America's oldest cookware companies in continuous operation. It is still owned and managed by the descendants of the Lodge family. Most cast iron sold by Lodge is produced in its foundry in South Pittsburg, which has been in operation since the company was founded. Lodge Manufacturing is the only remaining manufacturer of cast iron cookware in the United States.

Lodge is the only EP, and the fourth release from Beaver, released on Man's Ruin Records. It is out of print.

Lodge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Lodge (1881–1938), British engineer
• Carron O Lodge (c. 1883 – 1910), British figure and landscape painter
• David Lodge (author) (born 1935), British author
• Sir Edmund Lodge (1756–1839), British Officer of Arms and author
• Eleanor Constance Lodge (1869–1936), historian and Principal of Westfield College, London
• Francis Graham Lodge (1908–2002), British black-and-white artist
• George Cabot Lodge, (1873–1909), American poet
• George Edward Lodge (1860–1954), British birds artist
• John Lodge (musician) (born 1945), English musician, best known as the bassist and singer of The Moody Blues
• John C. Lodge (1862–1950), mayor of Detroit, Michigan
• Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924), an early 20th-century U.S. Senator
• Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–1985), grandson, mid-20th century U.S. Senator
• Jimmy Lodge (1895–1971), English professional footballer
• Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), British physicist and writer who patented radio frequency tuning
• Oliver W F Lodge (1878–1955), poet and author
• Sir Richard Lodge (1855–1936), historian
• Samuel Lodge (1829–1897), clergyman and author
• Stephen Lodge (author), American screenwriter and actor
• Stephen Lodge (referee), retired English football official
• Thomas Lodge (c. 1558–1625), dramatist and writer
• Tom Lodge (born 1936), author and radio broadcaster

Fictional characters:

• Hiram Lodge, character from Archie, father of Veronica Lodge
• Veronica Lodge, character from Archie, daughter of Hiram Lodge

Lodge is a collaborative album by Fanu and Bill Laswell, released on March 28, 2008 by Karlrecords.