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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lodgment \Lodg"ment\, n. [Written also {lodgement}.] [Cf. F.
logement. See {Lodge}, v.]
1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.
Any particle which is of size enough to make a
lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. --Paley.
2. A lodging place a room [Obs.]
3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a
place or remaining at rest.
4. (Mil.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a
besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured
position; as to effect a lodgment.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lodgment
n 1: bringing a charge or accusation against someone [syn: {lodgement}]
2: the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even
temporarily: "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
[syn: {lodgement}, {lodging}]
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