LODGE

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LODGE , a dwelling-place, small and usually temporary, a hut, booth or tent. The word was in M. Eng. logge, from Fr. loge,

arbour

ARBOUR, or ARBOR (originally " herber " or " erber," O. Fr. herbier, from Lat. herbarium, a collection of herbs, herba, grass; the word came to be spelt " arber " through its pronunciation, as in the case of Derby, and by the 16th century was written " ar

, in modern French a hut; also box in a theatre; the French word, like the Italian loggia, came from the Med. Lat. laubia or lobia, the sheltered

promenade

PROMENADE

in a cloister, from which English " lobby " is derived. The Latin is of Teutonic origin from the word which survives in the Mod. Ger. Laube, an

arbour

ARBOUR, or ARBOR (originally " herber " or " erber," O. Fr. herbier, from Lat. herbarium, a collection of herbs, herba, grass; the word came to be spelt " arber " through its pronunciation, as in the case of Derby, and by the 16th century was written " ar

, but which earlier was used for any hut, booth, &c. The word is probably ultimately from the root which appears in " leaf," meaning a rough shelter of foliage or boughs. The word is especially used of a

house

built either in a forest or away from habitation, where people stay for the purpose of sport, as a " hunting lodge," "

shooting

SHOOTING

lodge," &c. The most frequent use of the word is of a small building, usually placed at the entrance to an estate or park and inhabited by a dependant of the owner. In the same sense the word means the room or box inhabited by the

porter

of a college, factory or public institution. Among Freemasons and other societies the " lodge " is the name given to the meeting-place of the members of the branch or

district

DISTRICT

, and is applied to the members collectively as " a meeting of the lodge." The governing

body

BODY

of the Freemasons presided over by the grand master is called the " Grand Lodge." At the university of

Cambridge

the

house

where the head of a college lives is called the " lodge." Formerly the word was used of the den or lair of an animal, but is now only applied to that of the beaver and the otter. It is also applied to the tent of a North American Indian, a wigwam or tepee, and to the number of inhabitants of such a tent. In mining the term is used of a subterraneous reservoir made at the bottom of the pit, or at different levels in the

shaft

for the purpose of draining the mine. It is used also of a room or landing-place next to the

shaft

, for discharging ore, &c.

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