Rook(n.)
- One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
Rook(n.)
- 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.
Rook(n.)
- A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
Rook(v. t. & i.)
- To cheat; to defraud by cheating.