Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Plot \Plot\, n. [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. {Plat} a
   piece of ground.]
   1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
      --Shak.

   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 \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 \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.

            I have overheard a plot of death.     --Shak.

            O, think what anxious moments pass between The birth
            of plots and their last fatal periods! --Addison.

   2. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any
      stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.]

            And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced
            commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had
            any plot in the divorce.              --Milton.

   3. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or
      intrigue. [Obs.] ``A man of much plot.'' --Denham.

   4. A plan; a purpose. ``No other plot in their religion but
      serve God and save their souls.'' --Jer. Taylor.

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

            If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as
            springs from the subject, then the winding up of the
            plot must be a probable consequence of all that went
            before.                               --Pope.

   Syn: Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination;
        contrivance.

Plot \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 \Plot\ (pl[o^]t), 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 just. --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                  12.

   2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

            The prince did plot to be secretly gone. --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.

Source : WordNet®

plot
     n 1: a secret scheme to do something (especially something
          underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to
          discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game
          from the start" [syn: {secret plan}, {game}]
     2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a
        bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: {plot
        of ground}, {patch}]
     3: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;
        "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
     4: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an
        object
     [also: {plotting}, {plotted}]

plot
     v 1: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the
          overthrow fo the government"
     2: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how
        things work or how they are constructed [syn: {diagram}]
     3: make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: {plat}]
     [also: {plotting}, {plotted}]