The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
A collection of objects lodged together.
An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
A local chapter of a trade union.
A den or cave.
The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
To drive (an animal) to covert.
To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
To firmly fix in a specified position.
To stay in any place or shelter.
To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
The substructure of a railway, underlying the tracks; the roadbed of a railroad.