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rookn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Dutch ruok (attested only in names; Middle Dutch roec , Dutch roek ), Old Saxon hrōk (Middle Low German rōk ), Old High German hruoh , ruoh (Middle High German ruoch , German †Ruch ), Old Icelandic hrókr , Old Swedish roker , Old Danish roogh , all denoting kinds of corvids, probably ultimately (with reference to the harsh sound of the bird's call) < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek κρώζειν to croak and (with slightly different consonantism) classical Latin crōcīre (see crocitate v.), Russian (regional) krakat′ , Polish krakać , Slovene krakati , all in sense ‘to croak’; ultimately of imitative origin; compare (from a related base) Gothic hrukjan (of a cock) to crow. Compare also (originally with different gender: feminine) Old Swedish roka (Swedish råka ), Danish råge , probably influenced in form by association with Old Swedish kraka crow n.1 and its cognates. Compare raven n.1Attested early in place names, as Rochebere, Devon (1086; now Rockbeare), Rochebi, North Riding, Yorkshire (1086; now Rokeby), Rocheborne, Hampshire (1086; now Rockbourne), Rochelie, Wiltshire (1086; now Rockley), Rochesham, Lincolnshire (1086; now Roxholm), Rokehope, Durham (c1190; now Rookhope), etc.; compare also the evidence of Anglo-Saxon charter bounds:OE Bounds (Sawyer 830) in D. Hooke Pre-Conquest Charter-bounds Devon & Cornwall (1994) 176 Suð andlang dic, on hroces fen oð þær risc broc ut scyt.OE Bounds (Sawyer 890) in D. Hooke Pre-Conquest Charter-bounds Devon & Cornwall (1994) 181 Of weard setle norð oþ hroces ford, of hroces forda norð rihte oð henne stigle.c1200 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1026) in H.P.R. Finberg Early Charters West Midlands (1961) 72 Æfter fildene wege þæt it cymeð to roces mere.c1275 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 455) in E. H. Bates Two Cartularies of Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney & Athelney (1899) 38 Of þam docc þyfele on pedan maede & swa andlang more on hrocabeara.Some of these examples probably reflect a derived Old English personal name Hrōc; this may be attested independently as Roc (11th cent.), although it is uncertain whether this shows the Old English or the cognate early Scandinavian name (compare Old Icelandic Hrókr; some of the early place names from Danelaw counties may also reflect the Scandinavian name). Compare later use as a byname: William Roc (1185), William le Roke (1243), etc. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus frugilegus (rook) α. eOE (1890) 61/1 Grallus, hrooc. OE (Julius) (1994) 35 Ðær flugon sona to hrocas and hremmas.., and þara haligra martyra eagan ut ahaccedon. c1175 Libellus de Nominibus Naturalium Rerum in T. Hunt (1991) I. 23 Graculus, Roc. c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) 1130 Golfinc, rok ne crowe Ne dar þar neuer cumen ihende. c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 196 in C. Horstmann (1887) 437 (MED) Blake foule huy seiȝe, Ase it crowene and rokes weren. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in (1906) 24* Roke Rauen and goldefynch. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1516 The halle was al ful y-wys Of hem..As ben on trees rokes nestes. 1486 sig. dii That hawke that will slee a Roke or a Crow or a Reuyn. a1529 J. Skelton (?1545) sig. B.iv The roke, with the ospraye That putteth fysshes to a fraye. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 890 When Turtles tread and Rookes and Dawes. View more context for this quotation 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. x. xii. 276 The Crowes and Rookes have a cast by themselves. 1664 S. Butler i. i. 7 He'd prove..a Goose a Justice, And Rooks Committee-men and Trustees. 1744 J. Thomson Winter in (new ed.) 198 A blackening Train Of clamorous Rooks thick-urge their weary Flight. 1766 T. Pennant ii. 76 Rooks are sociable birds, living in vast flocks; crows only go in pairs. 1802 G. Montagu (at cited word) The Rook is partial to cultivated parts, as well as to the habitation of man. 1841 XX. 148/2 Grain, and insects especially, form the food of the Rook. 1883 III. 289 Crows and Rooks mob the Honey-Buzzard with almost the same eagerness as they chase the Eagle-Owl. 1926 S. T. Warner iii. 203 The rooks flew up cawing from the wood. 1964 E. Salisbury (ed. 2) i. 31 The grains were handled well-nigh individually, five being normally planted together, ‘One for the Rook one for the Crow, two to die and one to grow.’ 1987 R. Pilcher xiv. 472 Rooks, disturbed, scattered, cawing from the tree-tops. 2007 R. Lovegrove iv. 151 We now recognize the occasional tendency of Rooks and other members of the crow family to pick up lighted cigarette ends, etc. and indulge in smoke bathing. 2. In extended use. the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in (1998) I. 202 Revin, raggit ruke, and full of rebaldrie. 1567 G. Turberville f. 50v What madnesse may be more than such a Lorde to haue, Who makes the chieftaine of his bande a ruke and raskall slaue? 1593 (1876) 13 Callinge his wittes together (of which he had no small neede, being mated with two such rookes). [Note] They are rookes for their troubling tongs. 1603 T. Dekker sig. B2v So many Rookes, catch-polls of poesy, That feed vpon the fallings of hye wit. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Worc. 168 In plain English, this Scotish Demster is an arrant rook, depluming England, Ireland and Wales, of famous Writers, meerly to feather his own Country therewith. 1721 A. Ramsay xii Ye'll worry me, you greedy rook. a1791 R. Burns (1968) I. 58 Such witching books, are baited hooks For rakish rooks like Rob Mossgiel. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland II. 185/1 Rook, (Tailors), a very badly-dressed or dirty person. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance > cheat or swindler a1568 A. Scott (1896) i. 125 Ruging and raifand vp kirk rentis lyke ruikis. 1577 in W. H. Stevenson (1889) IV. 173 For against thys Fayre evere noughte rooke wyll come. 1655 W. Gurnall 204 They meet with many rooks and cheaters in their dealing. 1681 J. Oldham Let. to Friend in 122 Poets are Cullies, whom Rook Fame draws in. 1693 25 To shake away an Estate to known Rooks that live by the Dice, is an unaccountable piece of folly. 1705 W. Wycherley Let. 7 Apr. in (1729) II. 8 So I am (like an old Rook, who is ruin'd by Gaming) forced to live on the good Fortune of the pushing young Men. 1767 G. Colman in 8 May 2/1 They need not be guilty of Burglaries, turn Rooks and Sharpers, commit fraudulent Bankruptcies [etc.]. 1824 50 We scarcely know whether yet to class him with the rooks or the pigeons. 1889 18 May To punish the rooks by positive fines and the pigeons by the public exposure of their folly. 1913 9 July 4/4 If there were no pigeons there would be no rooks. 1993 N. Gash iii. ix. 263 They were in fact a camouflaged species of rook, plucking not so much individual pigeons as society at large. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe 1600 B. Jonson Induct. sig. Biiv This may be truly said to be a Humor, But that a Rooke in wearing a pied feather, The cable hatband, or the three-pild ruffe,..should affect a Humour, O, 'tis more than most ridiculous. View more context for this quotation 1602 B. Jonson i. ii. sig. B What? shal I haue my son a Stager now? an Enghle for Players? a Gull? a Rooke ? View more context for this quotation 1611 G. Chapman iii. ii An arrant Rooke by this light; a capable cheating stocke; a man may carry him vp and downe by the eares like a pipkin. 1637 J. Bastwick i. 7 Such men as study by all means to serve God..are by these varlets called rooks. 1639 J. Taylor 164 I will imblazon your name for you; you are an Asse, a Shirke, a Rooke, a Decoy, a Buffoon, a white Liver'd slave. society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] 1859 J. C. Hotten 82 Rook, a clergyman. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars 1788 F. Grose (ed. 2) (at cited word) Rook,..the cant name for a crow used in house-breaking. 1789 22 Apr. 371/1 Did you never see any of his tools; his dubs?.. Where did he keep his rook, his crow? 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in II. 202 Rook, a small iron crow. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne 551 Rook, in Corve Dale a crow bar bears this title. 1882 G. F. Jackson Rook, the iron key used for winding up a kitchen-grate when it is too wide. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. 1948 C. Day Lewis 21 The rook-babble of bathers. 1637 J. Bastwick i. 8 The Church-wardens through the Kingdome are the Prelats rook-catchers. 1900 E. B. Michell vii. 102 The rook-catcher must be provided with a number of paper hoods made like large extinguishers, and these he will place upside down in the furrow with a tempting bait. 1532 Act 24 Hen. VIII c.10 in (1533) sig. Biiiv The inhabitauntes therof shall before Mychelmas next comynge & yerely .x. yeres ensuyinge / at theyr costes prouyde and make a net commonly called a net to take choughes crowes & rokes.] 1567 in J. E. Binney (1904) 232 It for a roke nett to Leuys iijs & iiijd. 1672 Extract from Churchwardens' Bks. in (1866) 2 356 (modernized text) It. for mending the Rook net 1s. 0d. 1710 D. Hilman June 4 There are some odd things that it is hardly worthwhile to provide ones self with, (and where others who have more Occasion for them are willing to lend, such as Ladders of extraordinary size, Draining-Ploughs, Rook-Nets, &c.) that may be dispensed with. 1894 18 50 As to the kind of net formerly known as the ‘Crow-net’ or ‘Rook-net’, a figure of it is given by Leonard Mascall in a folding-plate to his ‘Booke of Fishing’. 1985 D. Underdown (1987) ii. 12 The village provided essential public services: the sheep-fold, the rook nets, the common cowherd, the mole catcher. 1882 2 217 Our rookeries and favourite rook-roosts,..are, comparatively speaking, deserted. 1937 J. W. Day 88 The great rook-roosts of winter, the annual nightly gatherings of thousands of these birds, are breaking up. 2007 (Nexis) 17 Jan. Dozens of birdwatchers turned out at the weekend to watch 80,000 birds form part of the largest rook roost in Europe. 1875 21 Dec. 6/5 His client was employed as a rook scarer, and was on his way home when the gun was fired. 1890 June 586 There was a vocal part besides, which it was expected the ‘crow-keeper’ or rather rook-scarer, should sing most lustily. 1989 (Nexis) 8 July He joined the farm his father worked on, Walter Wrinch's farm, as a rook scarer, clapping his hands 50 hours a week. b. Instrumental. 1909 T. J. Westropp in 38 360 It is a fine conspicuous earthwork on the summit of the ridge in Rahona West..which raises its ivied battlements and steep roof above the rook-crowded trees near the Shannon. 1964 24 Dec. 1009/2 Goal-posts, a public-house, a rook-crowded birch. 1824 W. Irving I. i. 6 I was once at a hunting dinner given by a worthy fox-hunting old Baronet, who kept bachelor's hall in jovial style, in an ancient rook-haunted family mansion. 1872 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail (1899) I. 280 I am writing among the grey gables and rook-haunted trees. 1903 ‘A. Clare’ iv. 33 Claude Meredith's eyes roved about with no lack of interest, as he went up the drive between the double rows of tall, rook-haunted elms. 2002 (Nexis) Jan. 27 The old Balkerne Gate stood just up the street from his first English home, a Tudor-style cottage next to a rook-haunted churchyard on Lexden Road. 1879 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 79 Lark-charmèd, rook-racked, river-rounded. 1923 E. Blunden 46 In the rook-routed vale. 1874 L. Carr I. i. 1 A cluster of old elms, rook-tenanted. 1901 R. W. Billings et al. IV. Pl. 18. 1 The eye rests on the grey old mansion of Muchalls, surrounded by its rook-tenanted ancestral trees. 2005 J. Marillier (2006) vi. 164 There were little windows set in the outer of these; Ana counted them as she passed... Two: the trunks of elms, warmed to gold by the rising sun. Their rook-tenanted crowns could be glimpsed above the stones. c. Objective. (a) 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett II. xx. 44 By a preconcerted signal a loud and general hurrah! rent the air, accompanied by a discharge of rockets,..and even those dangerous old fowling-pieces which are entrusted to the boys who go out rook-scaring. 1895 ‘Rosemary’ i. 20 The poor child ain't fit for sech work as that there rewk-scarin' this weather. 1969 G. E. Evans v. 55 Some called it bird-keeping or bird-tending—keeping the birds off the newly sown land—while others referred to it simply as rook-scaring. 1992 P. Glazebrook (1996) vi. 214 Boys in the England of those days were obliged to miss school if hands were needed for rook-scaring. 1796 R. Burroughes Jrnl. 21 May in (1995) 82 Finished rook shooting this week. 1818 ‘W. H. Scott’ 48 Rook shooting is also a cruel diversion. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) vii. 63 Your friend and I..are going out rook-shooting before breakfast. 1993 (Nexis) 23 Jan. 37 I was always being asked out to go rook shooting and ferreting. (b) 1914 W. B. Yeats 37 Suddenly I saw the cold and rook-delighting Heaven. C2. 1762 I. 154/2 We have Canary-bird-breeders, Cock-feeders, Pidgeon-fanciers, Parrot-tutors, Quail-pipers, Partridge-setters, Rook-bolters, Duck-decoyers, Capon-makers, and Snipe-shooters. a1855 W. T. Spurdens (1858) III. 39 Quarrel, a kind of bird-bolt,..now used only by rook-bolters for beating down rooks' nests. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > driving away birds > bird-scarer 1856 10 Jan. 6/4 He is about 17 years of age, and he holds the responsible office of rook-boy. ?1881 (?1885) Index Rook Boy. 1991 May 109 A Hernhill teacher complained of the unruliness of the rook-boys once they had returned to school. 1969 R. Blythe 20 ‘Did you kill men, Davie?’ ‘I got several’—the same answer to a question on how he did on a rook-drive. a1682 Sir T. Browne Norfolk Birds in (1852) III. 321 By reason of the great quantity of corn-fields and rook groves. 1793 R. Polwhele II. 197 Rockbeare..has been spelt, also, Rokebere, and conjectured to mean, the Rook-grove, or Rookery. 1869 A. B. Grosart in Pref. p. xxxiv Meadow and woodland—in many a fairy copse and clump of grand oaks,..and Rook-groves..lend beauty and undying interest to well-nigh every foot of bladed emerald whereon a lark might build a nest. the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of 1855 F. H. Salvin & W. Brodrick 63 One of William Barr's best rook Hawks in 1852 was an eyess Tiercel. 1887 A. C. Smith 72 The Hobby... I am told that its provincial name in Wiltshire is the ‘Rook Hawk’. 1911 (new ed.) II. 190/1 A very fine tiercel..was trained successfully by the falconer to the Old Hawking Club, eventually turning out to be a brilliant rook hawk. 1999 A. Walker 66/1 Falconers often will not fly their rook-hawks deliberately at the carrion crow (C. corone) because of its strength as an opponent. the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > flying hawks at rooks 1828 Nov. 366 Partridge, magpie, heron, and rook hawking are described, and in a way which must be interesting to every sportsman. 1855 F. H. Salvin & W. Brodrick 63 We now come to a somewhat similar sport, viz. Rook hawking. 1961 30 Mar. 15/7 There are special chapters on game hawking and rook hawking. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > pie with fowls 1738 ‘C. Columbario’ Pref.11 The Difference between Pigeon-Pye and Rook-Pye not easily discover'd. 1769 E. Raffald v. 137 A Rook Pye. Skin and draw six young Rooks. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) vii. 64 Indistinct visions of rook-pie floated through his imagination. 1907 P. Fountain ii. 8 Parrot-pie is as much esteemed in Australia as rook-pie in England. 2009 (Nexis) 31 Jan. 7 I always think rook pie was invented by the landed gentry to give to the peasants. 1892 ‘Q’ 163 Scattered among these were ox-bells, rook-rattles, a fog-horn or two. the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > other sporting guns 1846 18 Dec. 4/2 3 grs. in one of Edge's rook rifles, sent a ball, at a distance of 25 yards, through 1¼ inch plank. 1900 E. Glyn 50 She amused herself..by shooting at rabbits..with a rook rifle. 1921 ‘K. Mansfield’ 3 Feb. (1977) 215 My grandpa said a man could travel all over the world with a clean pair of socks and a rook rifle. 2008 (Nexis) 19 July 46 The offering ranges from fine rook rifles to big game guns in fitted cases. 1895 J. Burroughs I. 143 (caption) A ‘rookstarver’. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw 131 The boy, he's rook-starvin' down in the Dover field. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > eaten by rooks the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > larva of cockchafer a1722 E. Lisle (1757) 1 The sorts of beetles, which lay their maggots in the ground in autumn, and are to be produced in spring (such as the rook-worms) are so wise as to lay them in rich ground. 1841 XX. 148/2 The larvæ of the cock-chaffer (Melolontha vulgaris)..are called Rook-worms in many places. 1959 E. F. Linssen II. 124 The larvae of the Cockchafer—sometimes called by farmers White Grubs or Rookworms—are exceedingly destructive. 2003 N. Baker 66/1 The beetles themselves have spent the last two to three years as C-shaped larvae (also known as rook worms owing to the apparent fondness of the bird for them). Derivatives 1731 J. B. in 127 Matron Night Rook-like sits brooding on the streets, and wide Out-spreads her rev'rend night-rail. 1870 C. Dickens ii. 4 Divers venerable persons of rook-like aspect. 1995 J. Harvey (1996) iv. 140 As to the law, not all its professionals were as sombrely rook-like as Mr Tulkinghorn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rookn.2 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French roc. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French roc, Middle French roch (c1160 in Anglo-Norman, in Old French also as rok , rock ; French roc , now chiefly in heraldry) < Arabic ruḵḵ < Persian ruḵ , apparently < Prakrit raha (nominative raho , rahu , with vernacular pronunciation roh ; < Sanskrit ratha chariot (see rat n.3), on account of the piece representing a chariot in the Indian version of the game), perhaps influenced by Persian ruḵ or its etymon Arabic ruḵḵ roc n. (see note). Compare post-classical Latin rocus, rochus (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), Old Occitan roc, Catalan roc (13th cent.), Spanish roque (1283), Portuguese roque (1572), Italian rocco (a1319), and also Middle Low German roch, Middle High German roch (German †Roche), Old Icelandic hrókr (Icelandic hrókur), Old Swedish rokker, early modern Danish rok, rokke (a1719).Early chess-pieces showing chariots are known both from Asia and Europe, and the most common shape of the rook in the medieval Near East and Europe can be interpreted as a stylized pair of horses; archaeological evidence also shows that an association with the mythical bird (see roc n.) was occasionally made in Central Asia at an early date. Chess. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > pieces > rook or castle c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) p. 426 (MED) Wiþ a roke he brac his heued þan. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 11155 With drauhtes quante of knyght & roke, with grete sleiht ilk oþer suoke. c1426 J. Audelay (1931) 21 (MED) After chec fore þe roke, ware fore þe mate. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) xxii. 478 Yonnet..played wyth his roke that he sholde not be mated. 1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira sig. Aivv The Rooke is made lykest to the Kinge and the Queene, but that he is not so long. 1591 J. Florio 75 I had beene taken napping, if I had plaid that rooke. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. F4/1 Now play your best Sir, though I loose this Rook here Yet I get Libertie. 1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco 2 In the corner of the field the Rooke, Rock, or Duke, who is sometimes fashioned with a round head, sometimes like a Castle. 1674 C. Cotton 52 Place also on the Queens side and next to her a Bishop, next a Knight and then a Rook. 1735 J. Bertin 56 The bishop gives a check in his queen's rook's fourth square. 1763 E. Hoyle 163 When your Adversary has a Bishop and one Pawn on the Rook's Line. 1812 G. Crabbe xi. 203 Nor good nor evil can you beings name, Who are but Rooks and Castles in the game. ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware 39 [Chess] The Rook..may pass along the entire length of the board at one move. 1945 E. Lasker i. i. 6 Knight and Bishop are called ‘minor pieces’ in contrast to the more mobile Rook and Queen, the ‘major pieces’. 1996 R. Mistry (1997) vi. 271 Had he castled in time, protected by three pawns and a rook? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rookn.3 Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later ruck n.5, ruckus n., and rookus n. Scottish. Now rare. society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of 1808 J. Jamieson Rook,..A disturbance, a sort of uproar. To raise a rook, to cause disturbance. 1827 W. Tennant 155 This rumpus and this rook. 1853 W. Blair 56 Kickin' up mony a rook. 1901 W. J. Milne 73 There'll be bonnets on the green; aye, an' tufts o'hair in them afore this rook amon' the ministers is settled. 1949 30 Apr. There's as muckle wark till Ah read up the rook. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rookn.4Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: rookie n. Etymology: Shortened < rookie n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S., esp. Military). society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > recruit 1902 J. W. Swift i. 11 They are very friendly, however, and once the ‘rook’ gets into uniform, will assist him in every possible manner. 1905 Mar. 190/1 The sailors there said we were ‘rooks’. 1927 2 278/1 Rook,..novice. 1935 June 12 A life-long profession from club-footed ‘Rook’ to Top Soak. 1941 G. Kersh ii. 85 This here Spencer drops weight…millions of stones that rook lost. 1942 23 Sept. 17 In the horse cavalry, recruits do not complain as loudly about kitchen police as do the rooks in other branches. 1958 27 Aug. 26 (headline) 49er rooks in acid test. 1994 1 Oct. a20/1 The rooks did seven weeks of basic training in Chilliwack, B.C., before coming to RMC at the end of August. 2004 L. Barnes (2005) ix. 70 Cops tend to give what they want to give. I wouldn't put it past even a rook to withhold information. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rookv.1Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare later rooker n.2 and rook v.2 3. Perhaps compare Middle Dutch, Dutch roeken to care (for) (see reck v.). Perhaps compare also rake v.2 3. English regional ( Lincolnshire and East Anglian). Obsolete. 1563 in (1901–3) 5 99 Itm we fynd yt south lake is not sufficientlie haffyd roked and mayntayned. 1616 Comm. Sewers in S. Wells (1830) II. App. 53 The said rivers..shall be well and sufficiently roaded, rooked, hooked, haffed, scowered and cleansed..thrice every yeare. 1617 in H. C. Darby (1940) App. ii. 270 Item. We present the said loade from Haidmeare end to Crowthorne corner is very foule and needeth to be rooked and hassed [sic]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). rookv.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rook n.1 Etymology: < rook n.1 (compare rook n.1 2b). 1. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle a1595 A. Munday et al. (1911) 10 Let them gull me, widgen me, rooke me, foppe me. 1601 B. Jonson iii. i. sig. F2v If he should prooue, Rimarum plenus, then, s'blood I were Rookt . View more context for this quotation 1654 E. Gayton iv. xviii. 261 How easily doth a brother rooke a brother, I mean the craftie brother the weaker? 1673 R. Leigh 87 This may be a fair warning..to take heed he be not rookt by such polititians. 1691 A. Wood II. 302 The unsanctified crew of Gamesters..rook'd him sometimes of all he could wrap or get. 1710 S. Palmer 209 Drawn in by guinea-droppers, and rook'd of forty guineas and a watch. 1822 W. Scott II. x. 245 It was this same Glenvarloch that rooked me at the ordinary of every penny I had. 1862 M. Napier II. 321 The Decreet of the Mint by which they had been so terribly rooked. 1897 ‘F. Anstey’ ii Not such a bad dinner! Expect they'll rook us a lot for it, though. 1938 11 Oct. 24/2 There have been numerous complaints that the growers have been ‘rooked’. 1969 10 Apr. 482/3 Because we had been rooked at the door, none of us ever thought of boycotting the desk where another seated veteran..was selling post-cards. 2002 J. Zagel vi. vi. 342 The prosecutor's goal was to roll up every consultant who solved business problems by hiring arsonists and rooking insurance companies. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] 1637 J. Shirley iii. sig. E3 Ile rooke for once, my Lord Ile hold you twenty more... Done with you too. a1639 S. Marmion (1641) ii. sig. E2 Rook at Bowling-ally's, mould tales, and vent them at Ordinaries, carry begging Epistles. 1671 J. Dryden iii. 31 In the Gaming-house: where I found most of the Town-wits; the Prose-wits playing, and the Verse-wits rooking. 1676 T. Shadwell ii You women always rook in love, you'll never play upon the square with us. 1693 J. Locke §70 Learning to wrangle at Trap, or rook at Span-farthing. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > take by swindling the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > obtain fraudulently 1647 G. Tooke 110 And though convicious custome, seeks to cheat, And slily rook it, win both game and set. 1648 E. Symmons (new ed.) xvi. 161 How they rooked to themselves all the Plate and Money. 1659 J. Milton 66 The title of Gehazi..to those things which by abusing his masters name he rookd from Naaman. 1695 C. Cotton tr. Martial i. lxvi. 59 Dost hope..For ten vile pence eternal glory rook? 1822 J. Galt xvii. 132 The contributional stock of the Smeddumites was entirely rookit by the lawyers. 1900 F. Langworthy ix. 106 What's a sov? Many's the fiver the girls here have rooked out of him, I'll be bound. 1917 R. Kipling 165 We rooked seventy pounds out of 'em last month. 2002 (Nexis) 7 Nov. I was drawn to yesterday's court story about..a silver-tongued Scots fraudster who rooked £640,000 out of businessmen as far as Nepal on the promise of phantom lentils. 1700 [implied in: 1700 in J. Grant et al. (1922) 206 Rukeing of corns furth of corne yeards. (at rooking n.2 2)]. 1821 J. Galt vi. 46 She found the Manse rookit and herrit. 1866 in W. Henderson 219 When the pyet's asleep where the corbies they rook. 1875 J. Grant ix. 136 We shall..rook out Calderwood Glen wi' a flaming lunt. 1924 F. Hurley xi. 317 The gannets had taken a tenure of the rookery near by, and ‘Robby’ rooked the nests for egg collections and stuffed many fine birds with wadding for future glass cases. 1925 ‘Domsie’ Sc. Poems for Children in (1968) VII. (at cited word) Nests hae I rookit O'eggs, I alloo. 1982 in E. J. Anthony & C. Chiland 79 Violence is bad. It is about smashing windows. And rooking nests. Killing birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rookv.3 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rook n.2 Etymology: < rook n.2 Compare French roquer (1690). Chess. Obsolete. rare. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (intransitive)] > tactics 1850 J. Ogilvie Rook, to castle at chess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018). <  n.1eOE n.2c1330 n.31808n.41902 v.11563v.2a1595 v.31850 |
