Definition of Rooks. Meaning of Rooks. Synonyms of Rooks
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Definition of Rooks
rook 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.
Rook 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.
Rook Rook Rook (r[oo^]k), n.
Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]
Rook Rook Rook, v. i.
To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak.
Rook 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.
