rook

[Rook]

A rook is a crow like black bird that lives in northern Europe. To rook someone is to trick them, like a sneaky old crow. And in chess, the rook is the piece that looks like a tower or a castle.

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Mist; fog. See Roke.

Noun
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

Noun
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

Verb
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"


n.
Mist; fog. See Roke.

v. i.
To squat; to ruck.

n.
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

n.
A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.

n.
A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.

v. t. & i.
To cheat; to defraud by cheating.


Rook

Rook , n. Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]

Rook

Rook, v. i. To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] Shak.

Rook

Rook, n. [F. roc (cf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this sense pehaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war chariot, the castle at chess, Skr. ratha a car, a war car. Cf. Roll.] (Chess) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

Rook

Rook, n. [AS. hrc; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hrkr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.] 1. (Zo'94l.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend.
2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. Wycherley.

Rook

Rook, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rooked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooking.] To cheat; to defraud by cheating. "A band of rooking officials." Milton.

Mist; fog. See Roke.

To squat; to ruck.

One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.

To cheat; to defraud by cheating.

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