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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. [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]


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




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