Plot

·noun A plan; a purpose.

II. Plot ·noun A plantation laid out.

III. Plot ·noun A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

IV. Plot ·noun Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

V. Plot ·noun A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, ·etc., drawn to a scale.

VI. Plot ·vi To contrive a plan or stratagem; to Scheme.

VII. Plot ·noun A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

VIII. Plot ·vt To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to Delineate.

IX. Plot ·vt To Plan; to Scheme; to Devise; to contrive secretly.

X. Plot ·vi To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to Conspire.

XI. Plot ·noun In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

XII. Plot ·noun 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.