rook:1
nounbefore 12th century
- a common Old World gregarious crow (Corvus frugilegus) that nests and roosts in usually treetop colonies
rook:2
verb
rook
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circa 1595
- to defraud by cheating or swindling
rook:3
noun
rook
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14th century
- either of two pieces of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to move along the ranks or files across any number of unoccupied squares —called also castle
rook:4
noun
rook
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1905
- rookie
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