2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

3. (Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a

scale.

Plot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plotted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Plotting.] To

make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to

delineate.

This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

Carew.

Plot, n. [Abbrev. from complot.] 1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret

design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment

of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a

conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.

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