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Definition of rook

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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..

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Rook :: Rook (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.

Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..

Rookery :: Rookery (n.) A brothel.

Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Corbe :: Corbe (a.) Crooked.

Stomach :: Stomach (v. t.) To bear without repugnance; to brook.

Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.

Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..

Runnel :: Runnel (n.) A rivulet or small brook.

Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..

Cops :: Cops (n.) The connecting crook of a harrow.

Brooking :: Brooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broo.

Rooked :: Rooked (imp. & p. p.) of Roo.

Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.

Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..

Rook :: 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..

Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To use; to enjoy.

Crooking :: Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croo.

Penguinery :: Penguinery (n.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins..