Bible Dictionaries
Underplot

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.

(2):

(n.) A clandestine scheme; a trick.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Underplot'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​u/underplot.html. 1828.