rook
-1 n. காக்கைவகை, சீட்டாட்டத்தில் ஏமாற்றுக்காரர், அனுபவமற்ற சூதாட்டக்காரர்களை ஏமாற்றிப் பிழைப்பவர், (வினை) ஏமாற்றிச் சூதாட்டங்களிற் பணங் கெலி., வாடிக்கைக்காரர்களிடம் கொள்ளையடி, தந்திரஞ்செய்து பறி.-2 n. சதுரங்க ஆட்டக் காய்களுள் ஒன்று.
Rook, n. Defn: Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.] Rook, v. i. Defn: To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] Shak. Rook, n. Etym: [F. roc (cf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this sense pehaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war chariot, the castle at chess, Skr. ratha a car, a war car. Cf. Roll.] (Chess) Defn: One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle. Rook, n. Etym: [AS. hr; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: 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. Rook, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooking.] Defn: To cheat; to defraud by cheating. "A band of rooking officials." Milton. Rook, n. Defn: Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.] Rook, v. i. Defn: To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] Shak. Rook, n. Etym: [F. roc (cf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this sense pehaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war chariot, the castle at chess, Skr. ratha a car, a war car. Cf. Roll.] (Chess) Defn: One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle. Rook, n. Etym: [AS. hr; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: 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. Rook, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooking.] Defn: To cheat; to defraud by cheating. "A band of rooking officials." Milton.