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rook

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(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
castle

source: wordnet30
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow(noun.animal)

Synonym:
corvus frugilegus

source: wordnet30
Mist; fog. See Roke.(noun)

source: webster1913
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.(noun)

source: webster1913
A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.(noun)

source: webster1913

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