The prince did plot to be secretly gone.
Sir H. Wotton.
Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
"Plotting an unprofitable crime." Dryden. "Plotting now the fall of
others." Milton
Plot"ful (?), a. Abounding with plots.
Plo*tin"i*an (?), a.Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines.
Plo*ti"nist (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated
Platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human
soul emanates from the divine Being, to whom it reunited at death.
Plot"-proof` (?), a. Secure against harm by plots. Shak.
Plot"ter (?), n. One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator;
a schemer. Dryden.
Plough (?), n. & v. See Plow.
Plov"er (?), n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL.
(assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to
E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See Float.] 1. (Zoˆl.) Any one of
numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family
CharadridÊ, and especially those belonging to the subfamily
CharadrinsÊ. They are prized as game birds.
2. (Zoˆl.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true
plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland,
plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.
Among the more important species are the blackbellied, or
blackbreasted, plover (Charadrius squatarola) of America and Europe; --
called also gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, sea plover,
and oxeye; the golden plover (see under Golden); the ring or ringed
plover (∆gialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The piping plover
(∆gialitis meloda); Wilson's plover (∆. Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(∆. montana); and the semipalmated plover (∆. semipalmata), are all
small American species.
Bastard plover (Zoˆl.), the lapwing. -- Long-legged, or yellow- legged,
plover. See Tattler. -- Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Rock
plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] --
Whistling plover. (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied plover.
{ Plow, Plough } (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. plh; akin to D.
ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. plgr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug,
plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. A well-known implement, drawn by
horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare
it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for
other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
Dryden.