ROOK

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrōc; akin to Old High German hruoch ~ Date: before 12th century a common Old World gregarious crow ( Corvus frugilegus ) that nests and roosts in usually treetop colonies, II. transitive verb Date: circa 1590 to defraud by cheating or swindling, III. noun Etymology: Middle English rok, from Anglo-French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh Date: 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, IV. noun Date: 1905 ~ie