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 store of images than 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.