GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Roke , n. [See Reek.]
    1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also roak, rook, and rouk.]
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    2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.]
      Halliwell.

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    Rook , 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. hrōc; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hrōkr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.]
    1. (Zool.) 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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