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3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.

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.

To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.

Lodge"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. logeable.] 1. That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village.

2. Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in. [R.] " The lodgeable area of the earth." Jeffrey.

Lodged (?), a. (Her.) Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey.

Lodge"ment (?), n. See Lodgment.

Lodg"er (?), n. One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.

Lodg"ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges.

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

Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow.

Pope.

3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.

Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight.