Rook(n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
Rook(n.) 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.
Rook(n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
Rook(n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.
Rook(v. i.) To squat; to ruck.
Rook(v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Rooked(imp. & p. p.) of Rook
Rooking(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rook
Words within rooks