Lodge

n. & v.
—n.
1 a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, etc.
2 any large house or hotel, esp. in a resort.
3 a house occupied in the hunting or shooting season.
4 a a porter's room or quarters at the gate of a college or other large building. b the residence of a head of a college, esp. at Cambridge.
5 the members or the meeting-place of a branch of a society such as the Freemasons.
6 a local branch of a trade union.
7 a beaver's or otter's lair.
8 a N. American Indian's tent or wigwam.
—v.
1 tr. deposit in court or with an official a formal statement of (complaint or information).
2 tr. deposit (money etc.) for security.
3 tr. bring forward (an objection etc.).
4 tr. (foll. by in, with) place (power etc.) in a person or group.
5 tr. & intr. make or become fixed or caught without further movement (the bullet lodged in his brain; the tide lodges mud in the cavities).
6 tr. a provide with sleeping quarters. b receive as a guest or inmate. c establish as a resident in a house or room or rooms.
7 intr. reside or live, esp. as a guest paying for accommodation.
8 tr. serve as a habitation for; contain.
9 tr. (in passive; foll. by in) be contained in.
10 a tr. (of wind or rain) flatten (crops). b intr. (of crops) be flattened in this way.
Etymology: ME loge f. OF loge arbour, hut, f. med.L laubia, lobia (see LOBBY) f. Gmc