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Roke \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 \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. (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 \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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Rook \Rook\ (r[oo^]k), n.
Mist; fog. See {Roke}. [Obs.]
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Rook \Rook\, v. i.
To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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.
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