Rook
Rook (rok) , noun
Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obsolete]
Rook , intransitive verb
To squat; to ruck. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Rook , noun
[French roc (compare Sp. roque), from Per. & Arabic rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this sense perhaps a different word); compare Hind. rath a war chariot, the castle at chess, Sanskrit ratha a car, a war car. Compare Roll.]
(Chess) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
Rook , noun
[Anglo-Saxon hrōc; akin to Old High German hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icelandic hrōkr, Swedish roka, Danish raage; compare Gothic hrukjan to crow.]
1.
(Zoology) 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.
2.
A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. — Wycherley
Rook , verb, transitive and intransitive
To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
A band of rooking officials.