Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden.

            The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that
            all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne.

   2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.

            The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her
            covert.                               --Addison.

   3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged
      their arms in the arsenal.

   4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.

            He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison.

   5. To lay down; to prostrate.

            Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.
                                                  --Shak.

   {To lodge an information}, to enter a formal complaint.