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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PLAN, n., v. Also plane. Sc. form and usages:

I. n. A plot of ground, an allotted rig on the Runrig system; a croft; specif. in Uls. a stretch of shore allotted for the collection of sea-weed (see 1880 quot.). Deriv. planner, a crofter, small farmer. Cf. Plank.Ags. c.1706 Farmer's Mag. (1806) VII. 157:
They divided the adjacent fields into alternate parcels, called plans or cavels, consisting of one or more ridges.Per. 1830 Perthshire Advertiser (15 April):
All and whole, these Four Small Dwelling Houses, and Gardens attached, situated in the Plans of Alyth, which belonged to the deceased Peter Pirnie.Fif. 1831 Fife Herald (17 Feb.):
Besides the commodious Dwelling House and Plane, they contain extensive Back Court, Slaughter-House, Stable, Hay Loft, and other conveniences.Lnk. 1845 Stat. Acc.² VI. 830–2:
The crofts, or plans, as they are termed, let to the villagers, are only on leases of nine years. . . . In Lamingtoune, again, all the farm-houses are slated, excepting those possessed by the crofters, or planners, as the smaller tenants are called.Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl.:
In parts of the co. of Down the flat portion of the shore, between high and low water mark, is divided into plots, each of which belongs to a certain farm, and on these plots, or “plans” the farmer grows sea-weed for manure, cutting the wrack periodically, and carting it inland. Stones are placed for the wrack to grow on.

II. v. As in Eng. Deriv. planner, a landscape gardener (Mry. 1865 J. Horne Poems 81), hypocoristic form planny, as a nickname.Mry. c.1770 Innes Review (Autumn 1963) 124:
He was familiarly spoken of as “the Deacon” or “Archie” or “planny Anderson.” Mr Anderson's sobriquet of “planny” or “planner” arose from his turn for architectural designs and civil engineering.Sc. 1826 J. C. Loudon Encyl. Gardening 1042:
The horticultural architect (Planner, Scotch) gives designs for kitchen-gardens and flower-gardens . . . he sometimes also lays out shrubberies and pleasure-grounds, when on a small scale. In this case he takes the title of ornamental gardener (Planner of policies, Scotch), or ground-architect.Sc. 1846 Tait's Mag. (March) 189:
At an early age he was competent to act as draughtsman and assistant to a nurseryman and landscape-gardener, Scottice planner, at Easter Dalry, near Edinburgh.Sc. 1852 T. McCrie Mem. Sir A. Agnew 27:
He procured the services of Mr. John Hay, late planner in Edinburgh.