ROOK
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Rook (r&oobreve_;k), n. Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]
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Rook, v. i. To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] Shak.
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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 perhaps 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.
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Rook, n. [AS. hr&ō;c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hr&ō;kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.] 1. (Zo&ö;l.) 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.
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The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend.
Pennant.
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2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. Wycherley.
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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.
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