plotcht (ploch)

[A var. of plot, perhaps due to a ociation with splotch.] A patch; splotch; Ac it was moled in many places with many sondrie plottes, blotch; scab. Of Pruyde here a plotte , and there a plotte of unbuxome spec he. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 275. 3. In surv ., a plan or draft of a field, farm, es- tate, etc., surveyed and delineated on paper; a map or plan. I am a young beginner, and am building Of a new shop, an 't like your worship, just At corner of a street: - Here is the plot on 't. B. Jonson , Alchemist, i. 1. plotts of most countries in the world. In another roo me are represented at large mapps and Evelyn, Diary, Jan. 18, 1645. 4. A fully formulated scheme or plan; a systematized purpose; design; aim. sion. Thus was not the law of England ever properly applyed unto the Irish nation as by a purposed plott of government, but as they could insinuat and steale themselves under the same by theyr humble carriadge and submisS pen ser, State of Ireland. Then doth the crafty fox begin to fill His braines with cunning; if his plotes doe hit To his desire, his landlordes want of wit Shall make him rich for ever. An idle vagrant person... who stood at the Temple gate demanding of almes, with certaine count erf a it plotches of a leper. Benvenuto , Pa engers' Dialogues (1612). ( Nares .) Ploteres (plō-tērēz), n . pl . [NL. (F. plotères Latreille), πλωτήρ , a sailor, πλώειν , sail.] A group of hemipterous insects of the tribe Geo cores , or land-bugs, containing such as have very long legs and run on the surface of the water. plotformt, n. An obsolete form of platform . plotful (plot'fül), a . [ plot + -ful .] Abounding with Wright . Plotidæ (plot'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Plotus + -idæ.] A family of totipalmate birds of the order Steganopodes; the darters, anhingas, or snake-birds. They have a very long, slim, sinuous neck; long, slender, straight, and acute bill; broad fan-shaped tail, with stiff rectrices, of which the middle pair are crinkled or fluted; naked lores; and rudimentary gular sac. There is only one genus, Plotus or Anhinga, with several species, inhabiting swamps and marshes of warm countries in both hemispheres. See anhinga, darter, Plotus. Times ' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 65. Plot in i an (plō-tin'i-an), a. [ IMG:content-0440.png:[blocks in formation] intrigue. If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the very subject, as has been already urged, then the winding-up of the plot , by a more sure claim, must have this qualification, and be a probable consequence of all that went before. Le Bo u , tr. in Pref. to Pope's Ody ey. O lud, sir, if people who want to listen or overhear were not always connived at in a tragedy, there would be no carrying on any plot in the world. Sheridan , The Critic, ii. 2. 7. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plan. Who says he was not A man of much plot May repent that false accusation. Sir J. Denham , Return of Mr. Killegrew. Gunpowder plot. See gunpowder. - Popish plot, in Eng. hist., an alleged conspiracy of Roman Catholics in 1678, by which, according to the testimony of Titus Oates and other informers, the king, Charles II., was to be killed, and the government and the Protestant religion were to be overthrown. Several Roman Catholics were executed for supposed complicity in these measures. - Rye House plot, in Eng. hist., a conspiracy of some radical Whigs for the a a ination of Charles II. at Rye House, Hertford, shire, in 1683. Algernon Sidney and Lord Ru ell were executed for alleged implication in this plot. =Syn. 5., Combination, machination, cabal. plot (plot), v.; pret. and pp. plotted, ppr. plot ting. [ The position of 97 [water-]spouts, occurring on 60 different dates, has been plotted with respect to the centre of low pre ure areas. Amer . Meteor . Jour., III. 121. 3. To plan; form plans for; devise; contrive; conspire to effect or bring about: now rarely used in a good sense. Let your reason Plot your revenge, and not your pa ion. Beau . and Fl . , Maid's Tragedy, iv. 2. Conning Submi ion's language as he went, And plotting how his Brethren to content. J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 125. Plotting an unprofitable crime. Dryden, Cock and Fox, 1. 775. The good man and woman are long since in their graves who used to sit and plot the welfare of us their children. Steele , Spectator, No. 263. =Syn. 3. To concoct, brew, hatch, plan. II. in trans . To form a plan or plot; scheme; especially, to conspire. The wicked plotteth against the just. Ps. xxxvii. 12. Plotinism ) + -ian.] Of or pertaining to Plot in us or the Plotinists, or their doctrines. Plotinism (plō-tīʼnizm), n. [ Plot in ist (plō-ti'nist), n . [ Plotin - us + -ist . ] A disciple of Plot in us. See Neo platonism . plot-proof (plot'pröf), a . Proof against plots; not to be hurt by a plot or plots. [Rare.] The harlot-king Is quite beyond mine arm, out of the blank And level of my brain, plot - proof . Shak ., W. T., ii. 3. 6. IMG:content-0441.png:[blocks in formation] Get us a jug of mulled wine- plottie , as you call it. Scott , St. Ronan's Well, xxviii. plotting) (plot'ing), n. [Verbal n. of plot1 , v . ] The act of making a plot. Specifically - ( a ) The act of making a plan or map. (0) The act of forming or at tempting a stratagem or conspiracy. plotting2 (plotʼing), n. [Verbal n. of * plot, v., The soap is ready for the final operation, known as plot ting (from the French pelotage), in which the paste is subjected to enormous pre ure, sometimes 3000-4000 lb. a sq. in., to form it into cakes, or into continuous bars from which cakes may be cut. W. L. Carpenter , Soap and Candles, p. 200. plottingly (plot'ing-li), adv. In a plotting manner; as a plotter. The walls were covered with curious old Dutch prints. There was Frederick the Great, with head drooped plottingly , and keen sidelong glance from under the three cornered hat. Lowell , Cambridge Thirty Years Ago. A plotting-machine (plot'ing-ma-shēn"), n. form of pre for shaping soap-paste into bars or cakes. See plotting2.