Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LODGE, v.t. [Fr. loger, to lodge; It. loggia, a lodge; alloggiare, to lodge; Sp. alojar; Arm. logea; Dan. logerer. The sense is to set or throw down. In Sax. logian is to compose, to deposit or lay up, also to repair; Russ. loju, to lay, to put. It is probably allied to lay.]

1. To set, lay or deposit for keeping or preservation, for a longer or shorter time. The men lodged their arms in the arsenal.
2. To place; to plant; to infix. He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. – Addison.
3. To fix; to settle in the heart, mind or memory. I can give no reason / More than a lodged hate. – Shak.
4. To furnish with a temporary habitation, or with an accommodation for a night. He lodged the prince a month, a week, or a night. [The word usually notes a short residence, but for no definite time.]
5. To harbor; to covet. The deer is lodged. – Addison.
6. To afford place to; to contain for keeping. The memory can lodge a greater store of images, than the senses can present at one time. – Cheyne.
7. To throw in or on; as, to lodge a ball or a bomb in a fort.
8. To throw down; to lay flat. Our sights, and they shall lodge the summer corn. – Shak.