Roke \Roke\, n. [See {Reek}.]
   1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {roak},
      {rook}, and {rouk}.]
      
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   2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.
      
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Rook \Rook\ (r[oo^]k), n.
   Mist; fog. See {Roke}. [Obs.]
   
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Rook \Rook\, v. i.
   To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak.
   
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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.
   
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Rook \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. (Zool.) 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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            The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's
            friend.                               --Pennant.
      
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   2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
      --Wycherley.
      
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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.
   
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