A scheme, plan, or method for attaining some end; a principle or course of action; mode of procedure. Obsolete.

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

Plan, design; shape, conformation, of a building, etc. Obsolete.

A course of action or plan for attaining some end; a trick, contrivance, device. Obsolete.

Arrangement in lines, ranks, or rows, esp. in order of battle; battle array or a mode of battle array; (also) a display of military force; an army…

Design, plan, project, scheme. Obsolete.

The mental consideration of future or potential actions or events. The scheming or devising of something; a plan, scheme, plot; a fanciful project…

A scheme, plot, design, device. Obsolete.

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

A plan, scheme, or device made beforehand. Obsolete.

A plan of action; a scheme or strategy devised to achieve concrete results; = plan, n. 2a. Obsolete.

= ground-plot, n.

A statement of particulars or details in a concise form; a synopsis, a conspectus. Obsolete.

Scottish. Management or conduct of a matters or proceedings. Also: a plan or strategy for dealing with a particular matter. Obsolete.

A plan or scheme conceived in the mind and intended for subsequent execution; the preliminary conception of an idea that is to be carried into…

A plan of action; a method, a scheme, a stratagem; = plot, n. 5. Obsolete.

= ground plan, n. 2. Obsolete.

A design or scheme for the constitution or accomplishment of something. Cf. plat, n.3 4a. Obsolete.

figurative. An attempt to attain or achieve something; a scheme, a plan. Obsolete.

A conception of something to be done, or of the method of doing it; a systematic statement of rules or principles to be followed.

figurative. A policy or plan of action adopted by a person. Also: the course best suited to one's interests. Chiefly with possessive adjective. In…

Originally: the formation of a project, or the result of this; a scheme, plan, design; (subsequently) a projection or project (in various senses).

The action of project, v. (in various senses); = projection, n. Also: an instance of this.

A contrivance, a scheme, a plan.

Military in plural. Entrenchments or other works whereby the besiegers draw closer to the besieged.

An aim or intention; a design or plan. Now only in with a view to at phrases 3b and with this view at phrases 3c.

An organized (and usually detailed) proposal according to which something is to be done; a scheme of action; a strategy; a programme, schedule. Also…

An organized scheme or plan of action, esp. one of a complex or comprehensive kind; an orderly or regular method of procedure, government…

A device; a scheme. Obsolete. rare.

A plan. Obsolete.

A rough draft.

A plan or scheme for some enterprise or undertaking. Obsolete. rare.

The general plan or outline, the main features, of anything. rare.

A plan or course of action intended to attain some object; a suitable action. In plural. Esp. in to take (also adopt, †follow, pursue) measures: to…

A scheme, a plan of action. Obsolete.

A plan, design; a programme of action; the designed scope and method of an undertaking or a literary work, etc. Phrases, to†cast, lay a scheme.

plural. figurative. Plan of construction, of action, or procedure: now chiefly in on (such and such) lines.

A brief verbal or written description of something, giving a general idea of the whole but leaving details to be filled in; a rough draft, a…

A plan or course of action intended to attain some object; a suitable action. In singular.

A plan or remedy aimed at restoring something that has been taken away. Obsolete.

figurative. The outline, general plan or basis upon which any work is constructed or composed.

A plan, scheme, or course of action designed to achieve a particular objective, esp. a long-term or overall aim.

More generally: a plan or scheme of any intended proceedings (whether in writing or not); an outline or abstract of something to be done. Also: a…

slang. The program or plan of action; that which is to be done; the thing on hand.

Something projected or thrown out; a projection, an emanation (of some being or thing). Obsolete.

a draft or sketch plan lacking details.

A scheme, plan, or arrangement; a course of action. Originally and chiefly U.S.

Drawn up as a preliminary or rough form whence a fair copy is afterwards made.

slang (chiefly Australian). Plan, aim, scheme. Also, (one's) fancy or favourite.

slang. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand slang. A scheme, ‘dodge’, plan of action, ruse (not necessarily implying fraud). (See also quot. 1941.)

In gen. use, a hypothetical outline or plan; a theoretical construction; a draft, design.

Plan, idea. U.S. colloquial.