Roke \Roke\, n. [See Reek.]

1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.]

[Written also roak, rook, and rouk.]

[1913 Webster]

2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.]

--Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Rokeage

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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. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]

The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend. --Pennant. [1913 Webster]

2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. --Wycherley. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]

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rook

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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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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. (Zo["o]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)