Definition of rook

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

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Spadefoot :: Spadefoot (n.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad..
Wrybill :: Wrybill (n.) See Crookbill.
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
Rookeries :: Rookeries (pl. ) of Rooker.
Brooked :: Brooked (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.
Brookside :: Brookside (n.) The bank of a brook.
Frozen :: Frozen (a.) Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook..
Crooked :: Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Croo.
Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Rooky :: Rooky (a.) Misty; gloomy.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
Rook :: Rook (n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Antiguggler :: Antiguggler (n.) A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise..
Bend :: Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Cammock :: Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock..
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