Rook

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] Shak.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To cheat; to defraud by cheating. "A band of rooking officials." Milton.