Plot and Draft

noun

• A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal. )
  • usage: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • synonyms: secret plan, game
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot of land, plot of ground, patch
• The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
  • usage: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
• A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.

verb

• Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
  • usage: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
  • synonyms: diagram
• Make a plat of.
  • usage: "Plat the town"
  • synonyms: plat
• Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
  • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"

• (v.i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
• (v.i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
• (n.) A plan; a purpose.
• (n.) A plantation laid out.
• (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
• (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• (v.t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
• (v.t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
• (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
• (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
• (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

(DoD, NATO) Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
(DoD, NATO) Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart.
(DoD, NATO) The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
(DoD, NATO) A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.

noun

• A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another.
  • synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment
• A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle.
  • synonyms: draught
• A preliminary sketch of a design or picture.
  • synonyms: rough drawing
• A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg.
  • usage: "they served beer on draft"
  • synonyms: draught, potation, tipple
• Any of the various versions in the development of a written work.
  • usage: "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution"
  • synonyms: draft copy
• The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded.
  • synonyms: draught
• A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace.
• A dose of liquid medicine.
  • usage: "he took a sleeping draft"
  • synonyms: draught
• Compulsory military service.
  • synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service
• A large and hurried swallow.
  • usage: "he finished it at a single gulp"
  • synonyms: gulp, draught, swig
• The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling.
  • synonyms: draught, drawing

verb

• Draw up an outline or sketch for something.
  • usage: "draft a speech"
  • synonyms: outline
• Engage somebody to enter the army.
  • synonyms: enlist, muster in
• Make a blueprint of.
  • synonyms: blueprint, draught

• (v.t.) To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
• (v.t.) To draw the outline of; to delineate.
• (a.) Pertaining to or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.
• (v.t.) To draw from a military band or post or from any district, company or society; to detach; to select.
• (v.t.) To transfer by draft.
• (a.) Relating to or characterized by, a draft or current of air. Same as Draught.

(DoD) The conscription of qualified citizens in military service. See also active duty; Military Service.
(DoD) The depth of water that a vessel requires to float freely; the depth of a vessel from the water line to the keel. See also watercraft.

draft is a written order drawn by one party, called a drawer, that directs a second party (almost always a bank), called a drawee, to pay a sum of money to a third party, called the payee. For example, a check. Drafts are used with letters of credit. Drafts may be sight drafts, payable upon receipt, or time drafts, payable on some specified future date.