Rook

Mist; fog. See Roke.

To squat; to ruck.

One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

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.

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

To cheat; to defraud by cheating.

common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow