Category:Rook

Rook, n.

Defn: mist; fog. See roke. [obs.]

Rook Rook, v. i.

Defn: to squat; to ruck. [obs.] Shak.

Rook Rook, n. Etym: [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)

Defn: one of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the Board; a castle.

Rook Rook, n. Etym: [as. hr; akin to ohg. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, icel. hr, Sw. roka, dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

Rook Rook, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooking.]

Defn: to cheat; to defraud by cheating. "a band of rooking Officials." Milton.