Something devised or contrived for bringing about some end or result; an arrangement, plan, scheme, project, contrivance; an ingenious or clever…

figurative. A crafty device, a plot.

A device, contrivance; esp. for an evil purpose; a plot, conspiracy. Obsolete. (Cf. conject, v. 3.)

An instance of plotting or (usually malicious) contrivance; an intrigue, plot, or scheme. Now usually in plural.

A scheme, a conspiracy; a stratagem, a trick. Frequently in plural. Now rare.

Something drawn up or devised; a scheme, plan, design, device; a plot; an artifice. Obsolete.

A plan made in secret by a group of people, esp. to achieve an unlawful end; a conspiracy. Also (humorous): a clever plan, an innocent scheme. Cf. co…

Scottish. = plot, n. 4. Obsolete.

Chiefly with on, upon. A plan to attack someone or something; an inclination or plot to gain possession of something, esp. in a cunning or devious…

Mode of contriving or planning; ingenious construction; = contrivance, n. 6.

= intrigue, n.

Secret design, plan.

An underhand scheme or trick.

An arrangement or thing in which the foregoing action or faculty is embodied; something contrived for… A conspiracy, plot. Obsolete.

(with plural) A plot to accomplish a purpose by tortuous or underhand influence.

Hence, A plan of action devised in order to attain some end; a purpose together with a system of measures contrived for its accomplishment; a…

A scheme, machination.

Something ‘fixed up’; a contrivance or ‘get-up’. See also fix, n. 4.