Webster's Dictionary 1913

5401

Plot (4)

Plot (plŏt), v. i. 1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. Shak.The wicked plotteth against the...

5402

Plot (5)

Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. “Plotting an unprofitable crime.” Dryden. “Plotting now the fall of others.” Milton

5403

Plot-proof

Plot″–proof′ (?), a. Secure against harm by plots. Shak.

5404

Plotful

Plot″ful (?), a. Abounding with plots.

5405

Plotinian

Plo‐tin″i‐an (?), a.Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines.

5406

Plotinist

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, t...

5407

Plotter

Plot″ter (?), n. One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer. Dryden.

5408

Plough

Plough (?), n. & v. See Plow.

5409

Plouter

Plout″er (?), v. i. [Also plowter, plotter.] To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle.I did not want to plowter about any more. Kipling.

5410

Plouter (2)

Plout″er, n. [Also plowter.] Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing.

5411

Plover

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...

5412

Plow

{ Plow, Plough } (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. plōh; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. plōgr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. ...

5413

Plow (2)

{ Plow, Plough, } v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plowed (ploud) or Ploughed; p. pr. & vb. n.Plowing or Ploughing.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with,...

5414

Plow (3)

{ Plow, Plough } (plou), v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. Shak.Doth the plowman plow al...

5415

Plowable

{ Plow″a‐ble, Plough″a‐ble } (?), a. Capable of being plowed; arable.

5416

Plowbote

{ Plow″bote′, Plough″bote′ } (?), n.(Eng. Law) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.

5417

Plowboy

{ Plow″boy′, Plough″boy′ }, n. A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.

5418

Plower

{ Plow″er, Plough″er } (?), n. One who plows; a plowman; a cultivator.

5419

Plowfoot

{ Plow″foot′, Plough″foot′ } (?), n. An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman.

5420

Plowgang

{ Plow″gang′, Plough″gang′ } (?), n. Same as Plowgate.

5421

Plowgate

{ Plow″gate′, Plough″gate′ } (?), n. The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.

5422

Plowhead

{ Plow″head′, Plough″head′ } (?), n. The clevis or draught iron of a plow.

5423

Plowland

{ Plow″land′, Ploug″land′ } (?), n. 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.2. (O. Eng. Law) the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide.

5424

Plowman

{ Plow″man, Plough″man } (?), n.; pl.-men (�). 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. Chaucer. Macaulay.2. A rustic; a countryman; a field labore...

5425

Plowpoint

{ Plow″point′, Plough″point′ } (?), n. A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.

5426

Plowshare

{ Plow″share′, Plough″share″ } (?), n. The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.Plowshare bone(Anat.), the pygostyle.

5427

Plowtail

{ Plow″tail′, Plough″tail′ } (?), n. The hind part or handle of a plow.