Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PLOT, n.¹ [a different orthography of Plat.]

1. A plat or small extent of ground; as, a garden plot. – Locke. It was a chosen plot of fertile land. – Spenser. When we mean to build, / We first survey the plot. – Sidney.
2. A plantation laid out. – Sidney.
3. A plan or scheme. [Qu. the next word.] – Spenser.
4. In surveying, a plan or draught of a field, farm or manor surveyed and delineated on paper.