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English Dictionary: rook	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for rook
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rook n (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard Synonym(s): castle, rook common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow Synonym(s): rook, Corvus frugilegus v 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" Synonym(s): victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
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\, n. [AS. hr[omac]c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hr[omac]kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.] 1. (Zo[94]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 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. [bd]A band of rooking officials.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rook \Rook\ (r[oocr]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.