Meaning of ROOK
| Pronunciation: | | rûk
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- [n] common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- [n] (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- [v] deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
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| | Synonyms: | | bunco, castle, con, Corvus frugilegus, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, gyp, mulct, nobble, scam, swindle, victimize |
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| | See Also: | | beat, cheat, chess piece, chessman, chisel, corvine bird, Corvus, genus Corvus, rip off, short, short-change | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rook\ (r[oo^]k), n.
Mist; fog. See {Roke}. [Obs.]
\Rook\, v. i.
To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak.
\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.
\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.
\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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| | Definition: | | Seeing rooks in your dream means that your modest friends are not meeting your needs in your pursuit for pleasure, vitality and joy.
Seeing a dead rook in your dream, forewarns of a serious illness or death in your family. |
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