A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
A plan; a purpose.
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story).
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
To trace out (a graph or diagram).