LODG'ING, participle present tense 1. Placing at rest; depositing; furnishing lodgings. 2. Resting for a night; residing for a time. LODG'ING, noun 1. A place of rest for a night, or of residence for a time; temporary habitation; apartment. Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. 2. Place of residence. Fair bosom - the lodging of delight. 3. Harbor; cover; place of rest. 4. Convenience for repose at night.
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