Roof
(Roof) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roofed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Roofing.]
1. To cover with a roof.
I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vaults or arches.
Addison. 2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.
Here had we now our country's honor roofed.
Shak. Roofer
(Roof"er) n. One who puts on roofs.
Roofing
(Roof"ing), n.
1. The act of covering with a roof.
2. The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. Gwilt.
3. Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. "Fit roofing gave." Southey.
4. (Mining) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage. Raymond.
Roofless
(Roof"less), a.
1. Having no roof; as, a roofless house.
2. Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.
Rooflet
(Roof"let) n. A small roof, covering, or shelter.
Rooftree
(Roof"tree`) n. The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall.
Tennyson. Roofy
(Roof`y) a. Having roofs. [R.] Dryden.
Rook
(Rook) n. Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]
Rook
(Rook), v. i. To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] Shak.
Rook
(Rook), n. [F. roc (cf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also
the bird roc (in this sense perhaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war chariot, the castle at chess,
Skr. ratha a car, a war car. Cf. Roll.] (Chess) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares
of the board; a castle.
Rook
(Rook), n. [AS. hroc; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hrokr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf.
Goth. hrukjan to crow.]
1. (Zoöl.) 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.
The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend.
Pennant. 2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. Wycherley.
