The scheme of nature itself is a scheme unstrung and mistuned

Bushnell, Nature and the Super nat., p. 46. And in my ear Vented much policy, and projects deep Of enemies, of aids, battels, and leagues. Milton , P. R., iii. 391. O Painter of the fruits and flowers! We thank thee for thy wise design , Whereby these human hands of ours In Nature's garden work with thine. Whittier, Lines for an Agricultural Exhibition. plan (plan), v . t.; pret. and pp. planned , ppr. planning. [ plan , n .] 1. To lay down on paper the different parts, divisions, dimensions, and methods of construction of (a machine, ship, building, etc.): as, to plan an edifice. 2. To scheme; lay plans for; devise ways and means for: as, to plan the conquest of a country; to plan one's escape. Plan with all thy arts the scene of fate.