| Lodge (lodge) |
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| Lodge |
| [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.] |
A shelter in which one may rest;
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.
A collection of objects lodged
together.
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.
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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.
To fall or lie down, as grass or grain,
when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as,
the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.
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To give shelter or
rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to
shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.
To drive to shelter; to track to
covert.
To deposit for keeping or preservation;
as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.
To cause to stop or rest in; to
implant.
To lay down; to prostrate.
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