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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lodged \Lodged\, a. (Her.)
     Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as {couchant} is
     of beasts of prey.
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