Rook

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Mist; fog. ·see Roke.

II. Rook ·noun A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.

III. Rook ·vi To Squat; to Ruck.

IV. Rook ·vt & ·vi To Cheat; to defraud by cheating.

V. Rook ·noun One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

VI. Rook ·noun 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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