(n) English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940), Syn. Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge

lodge

(n) small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener

lodge

(n) a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter, Syn. hunting lodge

lodge

(n) any of various Native American dwellings, Syn. indian lodge

lodge

(v) be a lodger; stay temporarily, Example:Where are you lodging in Paris?

lodge

(v) put, fix, force, or implant, See Also: stick out, Syn. deposit, stick, wedge, Ant. dislodge, Example:lodge a bullet in the table; stick your thumb in the crack

lodge

(v) provide housing for, See Also: lodge in, Syn. accommodate, Example:We are lodging three foreign students this semester

lodger

(n) a tenant in someone's house, Syn. roomer, boarder

lodging

(n) the act of lodging

lodging house

(n) a house where rooms are rented, Syn. rooming house

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lodge

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: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [ to build ]. Robert of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A collection of objects lodged together. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodge

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lodged p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stay and lodge by me this night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something holy lodges in that breast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every house was proud to lodge a knight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The memory can lodge a greater store of images than all the senses can present at one time. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. [ 1913 Webster ]

He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To lay down; to prostrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodgeable

a. [ Cf. F. logeable. ] 1. That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in. [ R. ] “ The lodgeable area of the earth.” Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodged

a. (Her.) Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodgement

n. See Lodgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

lodgepole

n. The lodgepole pine..
Syn. -- shore pine, spruce pine, Pinus contorta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

lodgepole pine

n. A tall, narrow 2-needled pine (Pinus contorta) of the coastal Northwestern U. S., having a red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares and bearing egg-shaped cones.
Syn. -- shore pine, lodgepole pine, spruce pine, Pinus contorta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Lodger

n. One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodging

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Abiding place; harbor; cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let. --
Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room. [ 1913 Webster ]

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