▪ I. plote, plot, v. Sc. and north. dial.
(ploːt)
Also ploat, plooat, plout, plott, etc.: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
[Origin uncertain. In S.E. Sc. and north. Eng. the o is long, as in mote.]
1. trans. To scald, to parboil; to plunge into boiling water.
| 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. Dec. vii, E'en while the tea's filled reeking round, Rather than plot a tender tongue, Treat [etc.]. 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Plotted, boiled, or ratherly plunged in boiling water. 1829 Brockett N.C. Gloss., To plote a pig is to pour scalding water upon it, which causes the hair to come off. 1882 J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 223 The water scaudin' hot To plot thy skin. |
2. To scorch, burn.
| 1785 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd 4, I never sooner siller got, But a' my pouches it wou'd plot, And scorch them sair, it was sae hot. 1814 W. Nicholson To Tobacco xvii, Let Welchmen plot an' toast their cheese. 1881 Paul Aberdeen. 68 I'm like to be plotted wi' heat. |
▪ II. plote, plotform
see ploat, platform.