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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plot(e, v. [MFlem. and MDu. ploten ‘to pluck the wool off’ (OED), ‘to remove the wool from a fleece, which was done esp. by immersion in a hot alkaline solution’ (SND, s.v. Plot v.). Also in the later dial. as plot = scald, parboil, scorch. Cf. 19th c. north. Eng. dial. plote to strip of feathers, wool, etc. (1825), also to rob.] tr. To remove the wool from skins (? by steeping them in a hot lime solution: cf. Lime v. a.). b. transf. To scald or burn. —1606 Birnie Kirk-b. ix.
So is he now for his pride plotted with Pluto in the flame of hel 1695 Berw. Nat. C. XXXIII. 4.
That non of the tread lym or plot the skins 1711 Laws of the Dyer Lads in Dundee B. Laws 570.
[He that] plots [his neighbour with the end of a] drawght 2 d.
