rook¹ /rŭk/

1. A gregarious species of crow
2. A card-sharp (slang)
3. A simpleton (obsolete)

To fleece

rookˈery noun

1. A breeding-place of rooks in a group of trees
2. A breeding-place of penguins, seals, etc
3. A crowded cluster of slum tenements (archaic)
4. A place unpleasantly overcrowded with a particular group or type (figurative)
5. A disturbance (slang or dialect)

rookˈish adjective

rookˈy adjective (Shakespeare)

Full of rooks, or poss black, murky (see roky under roke)

rook² /rŭk/

In chess, any of four pieces, two on each side, usu shaped like a tower with battlements, that can move in a vertical or horizontal line over any number of empty squares (also called castle)

ruck⁴ /ruk/

1. To squat
2. To crouch down
3. To cower
4. To huddle

To set squatting

• mieved
• mieves
• mieving
• mifepristone
• miff
• miffed
• embouchures
• embound
• embounded
• embounding
• embounds
• embourgeoise
• embourgeoised
• embourgeoisement
• embourgeoises
• embourgeoising
• embow
• embowed
• embowel
• embowelled
• embowelling
• embowelment
• embowelments
• embowels
• embower