plotcock

plotcock
   obsolete
   the devil
   To plot was to 'scald in boiling water' in northern English and Scottish dialect, as a chicken before plucking, and the cock was a symbol of the occult powers:
    Seven times does her prayers backwards pray, Till Plotcock comes with lumps of Lapland clay, (A. Ramsay, 1800 — all genuine witches pray backwards, and Lapland was their fabled homeland before being taken over by Father Christmas)

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