Lodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging ]
 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.
    Stay and lodge by me this night.   --Shak.
    Something holy lodges in that breast.   --Milton.
 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
 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.


 Lodged a. Her. Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey.

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