Толковый словарь английского языка - rook
Rook
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
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a black European and Asiatic bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family, nesting in colonies in tree-tops. 2 a sharper, esp. at dice or cards; a person who lives off inexperienced gamblers etc. --v.tr. 1 charge (a customer) extortionately. 2 win money from (a person) at cards etc. esp. by swindling. Etymology: OE hroc 2. n. a chess piece with its top in the shape of a battlement. Etymology: ME f. OF roc(k) ult. f. Arab. rukk, orig. sense uncert. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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