Lodge
    n 1: English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and
         was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) [syn: Lodge,
         Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge]
    2: 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]
    3: small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country
       mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
    4: a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn:
       lodge, hunting lodge]
    5: any of various Native American dwellings [syn: lodge,
       indian lodge]
    6: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn:
       hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]
    v 1: be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in
         Paris?"
    2: 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]
    3: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with
       murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file]
    4: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students
       this semester" [syn: lodge, accommodate]

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.
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            Stay and lodge by me this night.      --Shak.
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            Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton.
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   2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or
      beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer.
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   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.
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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.
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                Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge
                [to build].                       --Robert of
                                                  Brunne.
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                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.
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   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.
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   3. A collection of objects lodged together.
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            The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. --De Foe.
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   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.
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   Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge.
      See Lodge, n., 1
      (b) .
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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.
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            Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden.
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            The memory can lodge a greater store of images than
            all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne.
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   2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
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            The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her
            covert.                               --Addison.
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   3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged
      their arms in the arsenal.
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   4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
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            He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison.
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   5. To lay down; to prostrate.
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            Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.
                                                  --Shak.
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   6. To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a
      court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.
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   To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.
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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.
   

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.
   Headwords:
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