Rook /(ro͝ok)/

1. Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]

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

1. One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle. (Chess)

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. (Zool.)

   The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend.

2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.

imp. & p. p. Rooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooking

1. To cheat; to defraud by cheating.