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(1):

(n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

(2):

(v. i.) To squat; to ruck.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.

(5):

(v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.

(6):

(n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.