7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roke  \Roke\,  n.  [See  {Reek}.] 
  1.  Mist;  smoke;  damp  [Prov.  Eng.]  [Written  also  {roak}, 
  {rook},  and  {rouk}.] 
 
  2.  A  vein  of  ore.  [Pov.Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rook  \Rook\  (r[oo^]k),  n. 
  Mist;  fog.  See  {Roke}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rook  \Rook\,  v.  i. 
  To  squat;  to  ruck.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rook  \Rook\,  n.  [AS.  hr[=o]c;  akin  to  OHG.  hruoh  ruoh,  ruoho 
  Icel.  hr[=o]kr,  Sw  roka,  Dan.  raage;  cf  Goth.  hrukjan  to 
  crow.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]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. 
 
  The  rook  .  .  .  should  be  treated  as  the  farmer's 
  friend.  --Pennant. 
 
  2.  A  trickish,  rapacious  fellow;  a  cheat;  a  sharper. 
  --Wycherley. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rook 
  n  1:  the  chessman  that  can  move  any  number  of  unoccupied  squares 
  in  a  direction  parallel  to  the  sides  of  the  chessboard 
  [syn:  {castle}] 
  2:  common  gregarious  Old  World  bird  about  the  size  and  color  of 
  the  American  crow  [syn:  {Corvus  frugilegus}] 
  v  :  deprive  of  by  deceit;  "He  swindled  me  out  of  my  inheritance" 
  [syn:  {swindle},  {nobble},  {diddle},  {bunco},  {defraud}, 
  {mulct},  {gyp},  {con}] 

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