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  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\, 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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  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. (Zo["o]l.) 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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  Roke \Roke\, n. [See Reek.]
     1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also roak,
        rook, and rouk.]
  
     2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

  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.

  Rook \Rook\ (r[oo^]k), n.
     Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]

  Rook \Rook\, v. i.
     To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak.

  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.

  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. (Zo["o]l.) 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
       n 1: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied
            squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the
            chessboard [syn: castle]
       2: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of
          the American crow [syn: Corvus frugilegus]
       v : deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
           inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
           her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
           change" [syn: victimize, swindle, goldbrick, nobble,
            diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]

  rook
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 πουλί που μοιάζει με κοράκι (Corvus frugilegus), το χαβαρόνι
     2 (μτφρ) απατεώνας
     3 (''σκάκι'') ο πύργος

  rook
     Dutch n.
     smoke
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl roken  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     n.
     A European bird, ''Corvus frugilegus'', of the crow family.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cheat or swindle.
     n.
     1 (lb en chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved
  only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
     2 (lb en rare) A castle or other fortification.
     n.
     (lb en baseball slang) A rookie.
     n.
     mist; fog; roke
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
     vb.
     (pronunciation spelling of en look) (q: mimicking Asian speech)

  Rook
     German Low German n.
     raven (gloss: bird)
     German Low German n.
     smoke

  rook
     n.
     A European bird, ''Corvus frugilegus'', of the crow family.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cheat or swindle.
     n.
     1 (lb en chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved
  only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
     2 (lb en rare) A castle or other fortification.
     n.
     (lb en baseball slang) A rookie.
     n.
     mist; fog; roke
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
     vb.
     (pronunciation spelling of en look) (q: mimicking Asian speech)

  rook
     n.
     A European bird, ''Corvus frugilegus'', of the crow family.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cheat or swindle.
     n.
     1 (lb en chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved
  only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
     2 (lb en rare) A castle or other fortification.
     n.
     (lb en baseball slang) A rookie.
     n.
     mist; fog; roke
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
     vb.
     (pronunciation spelling of en look) (q: mimicking Asian speech)

  Rook
     German Low German n.
     raven (gloss: bird)
     German Low German n.
     smoke

  rook
     n.
     A European bird, ''Corvus frugilegus'', of the crow family.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cheat or swindle.
     n.
     1 (lb en chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved
  only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
     2 (lb en rare) A castle or other fortification.
     n.
     (lb en baseball slang) A rookie.
     n.
     mist; fog; roke
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
     vb.
     (pronunciation spelling of en look) (q: mimicking Asian speech)

  Rook
     German Low German n.
     raven (gloss: bird)
     German Low German n.
     smoke

  rook
     Hollanti n.
     savu

  Rook
     Englanti n.
     mustavaris

  rook
     Nederländska n.
     rök

  rook /rˈʊək/
  1. rauchen
  2. Rauch 

  rook /rˈʊək/
  smoke

  Rook /ɹˈʊk/
  الغراب

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  1. по́лска вра́на, посе́вна вра́на
  bird
  2. измамник, мошеник
  swindler
  3. топ
  chesspiece

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  мамя
  cheat, swindle

  rook /ɹˈʊk/ 
  věž
           Note: "kámen v šachu"

  rook /ɹˈʊk/ 
  havran (havran polní, lat. Corvus frugilegus)
  

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  Gauner , Bauernfänger 
   see: rooks
  

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  Turm 
           Note: Schachfigur
   see: rooks
  
           Note: chessman

  rook /ɹˈʊk/ 
  betrügen 
   see: rooking, rooked, rooks, rooked
  

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  Saatkrähe 
           Note: Corvus frugilegus
   see: ravens, crows and jackdaws, common raven, northern raven, carrion crow, hooded crow, hoodie, grey crow, Scotch crow, Danish crow, Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw, western jackdaw, jackdaw, Daurian jackdaw
  

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  
  χαβαρόνι, πύργος

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  1. mustavaris
  bird
  2. rook, rook-korttipeli
  card game
  3. huijari, ketku, petturi
  swindler
  4. torni
  chesspiece
  5. linnoitus
  fortification

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  huijata, huiputtaa, petkuttaa
  cheat, swindle

  rook /ɹˈʊk/ 
  1. कौवा~जैसा~पक्षी
        "Rooks have build their nests in our garden."

  rook /ɹˈʊk/ 
  1. ठगना
        "The shopkeeper rooked us by charging high prices  for every item."

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  kula, lupež, top u šahu, varalica, varati, vrana

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  1. vetési varjú
  2. pápista varjú
  3. bástya (sakkban)
  4. sipista
  5. csuhás
  6. szélhámos
  7. csaló
  8. hamiskártyás
  9. hamisjátékos
  10. egyházi ember

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  benteng
  chesspiece

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  1. ミヤマガラス, 深山烏, 深山鴉
  bird
  2. ルーク
  chesspiece
  3. 城塞
  fortification

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  kornkråke
  bird

  rook /ru:k/ 
   1.  gawron
   2.  [szach]  wieża

  rook //ɹuːk// //ɹʊk// 
  1. råka
  bird
  2. torn
  chesspiece

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  1. satrançta kale.

  rook /ɹˈʊk/
  1. ekinkargası, (zool.) Corvus frugilegus
  2. hilekâr adam
  3. hile ile kapmak
  4. aldatmak. rook'y  karga gibi.

  rook //roːk// 
  дим, пушек
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook /rok/
  Rauch 

  rook //roːk// 
  καπνός
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook /rok/
  smoke

  rook //roːk// 
  savu
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook /rok/
  fumée

  rook //roːk// 
   [1. een zichtbaar mengsel van gassen, dampen en fijne vaste deeltjes dat bij verbranding opstijgt] fumo

  rook //roːk// 
  fumus
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook //roːk// 
  dūmas
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook //roːk// 
  dym
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook //roːk// 
  fumaça, fumo
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook //roːk// 
  дым
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook //roːk// 
  humo
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  rook //roːk// 
  rök
  1. damp, zichtbaar gas

  
/ˈɹʊk/

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "rook":
     beat, beguile of, bilk, bishop, bleed, bunco, burn, castle, cheat,
     chessman, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, cog, cog the dice, con,
     cozen, crib, defraud, diddle, do in, do out of, euchre, finagle,
     flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, fudge, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hocus,
     hocus-pocus, king, knight, man, milk, mulct, pack the deal, pawn,
     piece, pigeon, practice fraud upon, queen, scam, screw,
     sell gold bricks, shave, shortchange, stack the cards, stick,
     sting, sweat, swindle, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight,
     victimize
  
  

  n.白嘴鸦; 赌棍 vt.骗

     n. (象棋)车,骗子
     vt. 骗