2. Verb. (third-person singular of rook) ¹
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Definition of Rooks
1. rook [v] - See also: rook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rooks
Literary usage of Rooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"Valsa socialis E. & E. On dead limbs of Salix cordata, rooks county. ... On living
leaves of Monarda citriodora, rooks county, Kansas, June 11, 1898. (No. ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"A tree even in Cheapside has been occupied by rooks' nests. ... Sometimes, indeed,
rooks have been known to make their nests in steeples, vanes, &c., ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"rooks. OUR attention was first attracted to these birds on a bright sunny ...
Though, of course, I knew that rooks are gregarious, I observed that there ..."
4. The Art and Practice of Hawking by Edward Blair Michell (1900)
"Comet, belonging to Mr. Brodrick, took many rooks. ... No doubt the saker of both
sexes would afford excellent sport with rooks. ..."
5. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1853)
"A FLOCK, of rooks in conclave stood Upon the branches of an oak; The subject was
the dearth of ... For shame ! for shame Of rooks ye don't deserve the name! ..."
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