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rook |
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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