Rood vs Rook - What's the difference?
rood | rook |
(archaic) A crucifix, cross.
* act III scene 4
A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus , of the crow family.
* Pennant
A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
(British) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
To cheat or swindle.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 311:
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
(rare) A castle or other fortification.
mist; fog; roke
As nouns the difference between rood and rook
is that rood is dog (ie male dog or he-dog) while rook is skirt.rood
English
Noun
(en noun)- Have you forgot me?
- No, by the rood , not so.
Synonyms
* (quarter of an acre) farthingdaleDerived terms
* rood beam * rood loft * rood screenAnagrams
* ----rook
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) rok, roke, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The rook should be treated as the farmer's friend.
- (Wycherley)
Synonyms
* (swindler) swindler, cheatHypernyms
* (bird) bird * (firecracker) firecrackerVerb
(en verb)- Some had spent a week in Jersey before coming to Guernsey; and, from what Paddy had heard, they really do know how to rook the visitors over there.