<B>lodge, </B>verb, <B>lodged,</B> <B>lodging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to live in a place for a time. <BR> <I>Ex. We lodged in motels on our trip.</I> (SYN) dwell, reside. <DD><B> 2. </B>to live in a rented room in another's house. <BR> <I>Ex. We are merely lodging at present.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to get caught or stay in a place without falling or going farther. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy's kite lodged in the branches of a big tree.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to supply with a place to sleep or live in for a time. <BR> <I>Ex. Can you lodge us for the weekend?</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to rent a room or rooms to. <DD><B> 3. </B>to put or send into a particular place. <BR> <I>Ex. The marksman lodged a bullet in the center of the target.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to put for safekeeping. <BR> <I>Ex. to lodge money in a bank. I lay all night in the cave where I had lodged my provisions (Jonathan Swift).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to put before some authority. <BR> <I>Ex. We lodged a complaint with the police.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to put (power, authority, or privilege) in a person or thing. <BR> <I>Ex. The authority to arrest criminals is lodged with the police.</I> (SYN) vest. <DD><B> 7. </B>to beat down or lay flat, as crops by rain or wind. <DD><B> 8. </B>to search out the lair of (a deer). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a place to live in. <BR> <I>Ex. There is a lodge down the road that rents rooms to travelers.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a small or temporary house, such as one used during the hunting season or in summer. <BR> <I>Ex. My uncle rents a lodge in the mountains for the summer.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>a cottage on an estate or the like, such as one for a caretaker or gardener. <BR> <I>Ex. The porter of my father's lodge (Emily Dickinson).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a branch of a secret society. <BR> <I>Ex. The lodge holds its meetings on Tuesday nights.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the place where it meets. <BR> <I>Ex. No one but a member is allowed in the lodge.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the den of an animal, especially the large structure built near or in the water by a beaver or an otter. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S.) <DD><B> a. </B>a wigwam, tepee, or other dwelling of a North American Indian. <DD><B> b. </B>the number of Indians living in one dwelling. <DD><B> 5. </B>the residence of the head of a college at Cambridge University, England, or the vice-chancellor's residence at certain other schools. adj. <B>lodgeable.</B> </DL>
<B>lodgepole pine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tall pine tree of western North America with yellow-green needles in clusters of two, used once especially for poles, railroad ties, and in insulation board. <DD><B> 2. </B>its wood. </DL>
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<B>lodger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who lives in a rented room or rooms in another's house; roomer. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm now no more than a mere lodger in my own house (Oliver Goldsmith).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) <DD><B> a. </B>a person who stays in a place; occupant; inhabitant. <BR> <I>Ex. Queer Street's full of lodgers just now (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a person who sleeps or passes the night in a place. </DL>
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<B>lodging, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place where one is living only for a time. <BR> <I>Ex. a lodging for the night.</I> (SYN) accommodation. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a dwelling; abode. <BR><I>expr. <B>lodgings,</B> </I>a rented room or rooms in a house, not in a hotel. <BR> <I>Ex. Life in lodgings, at the best of times, is not a peculiarly exhilarating state of existence (J. H. Riddell).</I> </DL>
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<B>lodging house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a house in which rooms are rented, not a hotel. </DL>
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<B>lodgment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of lodging. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being lodged. <BR> <I>Ex. the lodgment of a claim against a company.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>something lodged or deposited. <BR> <I>Ex. a lodgment of earth on a ledge of rock.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Military.) <DD><B> a. </B>a position gained; foothold. <DD><B> b. </B>an entrenchment built temporarily on a position gained from the enemy. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Law.) the action of depositing (a sum of money, securities, or other assets). <DD><B> 6. </B>a lodging place; lodging house; lodgings. Also, <B>lodgement.</B> </DL>
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<B>lodicule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) one of the small scales in the flowers of most grasses, close to the base of the ovary. </DL>
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<B>loess, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fine, yellowish-brown loam usually deposited by the wind. It consists of tiny mineral particles, picked up by the wind from deserts and former glaciated areas, and brought to the places where they are now found, such as the central United States. </DL>
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<B>loessial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with loess. <BR> <I>Ex. loessial soil, loessial plains.</I> </DL>
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<B>lo-fi, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>adj. </I> of a standard or inferior quality of sound reproduction; not hi-fi. <BR> <I>Ex. the nation's strictly lo-fi TV sets (Time).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> lo-fi sound, reproduction, or equipment. </DL>
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<B>loft, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the space just below the roof in a cabin; attic. <BR> <I>Ex. Abe Lincoln slept in a loft as a boy.</I> (SYN) garret. <DD><B> 2. </B>the room under the roof of a barn. <BR> <I>Ex. This loft is full of hay.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a gallery in a church or hall. <BR> <I>Ex. a choir loft.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an upper floor of a business building or warehouse. <BR> <I>Ex. Many small businesses are located in the lofts of our large business buildings.</I> <DD><B> 5a. </B>the backward slope of the face of a golf club. <DD><B> b. </B>a stroke that drives a golf ball upward. <DD><B> c. </B>the act of driving a golf ball upward. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Bowling.) the throwing of the ball into the air so that it drops on the alley beyond the foul line. <DD><B> 7a. </B>a pigeon house. <DD><B> b. </B>a flock of pigeons. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to throw or hit (a ball, stone, or other object) high in the air. <DD><B> 2a. </B>to hit (a golf ball) high up, especially to clear an obstacle. <DD><B> b. </B>to slant back the face of (a golf club). <DD><B> 3. </B>to throw (a bowling ball) into the air so that it drops on the alley beyond the foul line. <DD><B> 4. </B>to launch into space. <BR> <I>Ex. The more I hear about the ... plan for lofting communications satellites into space in order to extend the scope of Educational TV broadcasting, the more I wish it ... well (Michael Arlen).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to keep (pigeons) in a loft or flock. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) <DD><B> a. </B>to build (a building) with a loft or upper story. <DD><B> b. </B>to store (goods) in a loft. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to throw or hit a ball, stone, or other object, high in the air. <DD><B> 2. </B>to hit a golf ball high up. <DD><B> 3. </B>to throw a bowling ball into the air so that it drops on the alley beyond the foul line. </DL>
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<B>LOFT, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> low frequency radio telescope. </DL>
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<B>loft-bombing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of releasing bombs while the bomber is rising almost vertically, causing the bomb to travel through a long arc and explode after the plane is safely out of range; over-the-shoulder bombing. </DL>
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<B>lofter, </B>noun. <B>=lofting iron.</B></DL>
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<B>loftily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a lofty manner. </DL>
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<B>loftiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lofty quality or condition. </DL>
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<B>lofting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of throwing or hitting a ball, stone, or other object, high in the air. <DD><B> 2. </B>a difficult shot in the game of marbles in which a player shoots in an arc through the air to hit a marble. </DL>
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<B>lofting iron,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an iron golf club used to make the ball rise over an obstacle. </DL>
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<B>loft jazz,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an innovative form of jazz, often performed in informal settings such as lofts and basements. </DL>
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<B>lofty, </B>adjective, <B>loftier,</B> <B>loftiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very high; towering. <BR> <I>Ex. lofty mountains.</I> (SYN) tall. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) exalted or dignified; grand. <BR> <I>Ex. lofty aims.</I> (SYN) sublime, stately. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) proud; haughty; overweening. <BR> <I>Ex. a lofty sneer. He had a lofty contempt for others.</I> (SYN) arrogant. </DL>
