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t. [Cf. Gael. plodach =parboiling.] To scald; to steep in very hot water; to make scalding hot. *plotch, s . [Probably a variant of blotch (q. v.).) A blotch, a blemish. "It was to be abhorred and lothed of all men for the foule plotches of the leprie."- Udall : Luke v. *plō-tër-ēş, s. [Pl. of Gr. plōtēr =a sailor.] Entom.: A sub-tribe of Land Bugs (Geocores), with a boatlike body and very long legs. They run about on the surface of the water. Claws at some little distance from the last joint of the tarsi. Now often made a family, type Gerris (q. v.). By them the transition is made from the Land to the Water bugs. †plot-ful, a. [Eng. plot (1), s., and full .] Full of plots.