'Lodge' definitions:

Definition of 'Lodge'

(from WordNet)
noun
English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) [syn: Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge]
noun
A formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [syn: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order]
noun
Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
noun
A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn: lodge, hunting lodge]
noun
Any of various Native American dwellings [syn: lodge, indian lodge]
noun
A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]
verb
Be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"
verb
Put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
verb
File a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file]
verb
Provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" [syn: lodge, accommodate]

Definition of 'Lodge'

From: GCIDE
  • 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: (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]

Definition of 'Lodge'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [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]

Definition of 'Lodge'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'lodge'

From: Easton
  • Lodge a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa. 1:8). The Hebrew name _melunah_ is rendered "cottage" (q.v.) in Isa. 24:20. It also denotes a hammock or hanging-bed.

Synonyms of 'lodge'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Lodge, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lodge, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000) :
114
Housing Units (2000) :
59
Land area (2000) :
3.141949 sq. miles (8.137610 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.141949 sq. miles (8.137610 sq. km)
FIPS code :
42280
Located within :
South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location :
33.068675 N, 80.957689 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
29082
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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