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- English Word Rook Definition Mist; fog. See Roke.
- English Word Rook Definition To squat; to ruck.
- English Word Rook Definition One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
- English Word Rook Definition 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.
- English Word Rook Definition A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
- English Word Rook Definition To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
- English Word Rooked Definition of Rook
- English Word Rookeries Definition of Rookery
- English Word Rookery Definition The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.
- English Word Rookery Definition A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
- English Word Rookery Definition The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
- English Word Rookery Definition A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
- English Word Rookery Definition A brothel.
- English Word Rooking Definition of Rook
- English Word Rooky Definition Misty; gloomy.
- English Word Room Definition Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.
- English Word Room Definition A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
- English Word Room Definition Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
- English Word Room Definition Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
- English Word Room Definition Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.