| 单词 | rook |
| 例句 | Life was life, and one day followed another, and Snuffy rook those days one at a time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s got to be Luna’s house, who else would live in a place like that? It looks like a giant rook!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He also says somewhere that ‘the rooks, in the breeding season, attempt sometimes, in the gaiety of their hearts, to sing—but with no great success.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The rooks look like castles and travel in forward, backward and side-to-side lines across the whole board. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z On the forty-first move, after five hours of play, with his heart slightly pounding, Bobby lifted his rook with his trembling right hand, quietly lowered the piece to the board, and said, “Mate!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the flag rope snapped and clattered in the wind, and the rooks cawed as they wheeled around the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was like being a member of a band of starlings, or of roosting rooks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was talking about a chess rook,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “We better rescue him, Pantalaimon,” she said He answered in his rook voice from the chimney. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It looked rather like a large rook, but, unlike a rook, it was alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I found a rook on the library roof, though,” she went on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon, who always became a bird once on the roof, flew round and round shrieking rook shrieks with her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I read of chalk streams, of the mayfly, of sorrel growing in green meadows, of rooks circling above the woods as they used to do at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was the king, queen, rook, bishop, knight... The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And now I can recall the picture of the grey old house of God rising calm before me, of a rook wheeling round the steeple, of a ruddy morning sky beyond. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z That evening, he and Lombardy went over the endgame position, which consisted of both Bobby and Bronstein having a rook, a bishop, and an equal number of pawns. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Birdsong was breaking out all round and the rooks were calling from high in the elms, but nothing—not even a sparrow—moved on the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Who will be the kings, the rooks, and bishops rising up to strike at a distance? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bobby offered to trade rooks, Euwe responded by offering him a draw on the forty-first move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the earlier books, military action takes place under a sky "the colour of an old lion's pelt", and rooks caught in the crossfire are dislodged from their "ancestral nests". Rising Blood by James Fleming ? review 2011-07-29T21:56:00Z In a spirited but silent exchange, he quickly lost a rook after moving a pawn forward without anticipating the opening. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Who Plays Aquaman’s Nemesis, Gets Schooled in Chess 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The back of his neck — “trained over twenty-five years in the Chicago PD” — registers a watcher, someone who’s been creeping around the cottage and disturbing the nesting rooks. Review | Tana French’s ‘The Searcher’ nods to John Ford’s famous Western with the story of a loner on the hunt for a lost teen 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The rooks are building their nests close together just as they always do. Forget lockdown goals: trying to learn a language or get fit in a crisis won't make you happier 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z There was the show in which models dressed in rigid body armor were deployed by radio signal across a giant chessboard like so many rooks and queens. 2010-02-12T21:59:00Z So don’t be shocked or feel rooked when you spy an actor or two onstage with script in hand. Review | Trouble? Ya got none in Kennedy Center’s revival of ‘The Music Man.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Or in Hampshire: "I was walking in a stormlight that made the linseed pulse a hot green … Dark shoals of rooks over the woods, and billows of rain like candle-blacking dropping into water." The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane – review 2012-05-31T07:00:02Z You might have 5 rooks and 10 pawns, or you might have 6 queens. WATCH: 2016 proved that gaming isn’t just for gamers — here are the 10 best games this year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Any by the looks of things, I got rooked. In the fight between good and evil, even Batman must play by the rules 2012-08-23T19:30:00Z Grande dame antebellum homes, with dramatic approaches and column-lined porches, anchor this place like rooks on chessboard corners. The Personalities of Natchez 2010-04-07T20:54:00Z But soon, his knight fell, followed by the rook, the bishop and the queen. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Who Plays Aquaman’s Nemesis, Gets Schooled in Chess 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z I think my dæmon is probably a raven or a rook or a magpie – one of the birds of that family – because she steals things, like ideas for stories, and images, and phrases. Philip Pullman: a life in writing 2011-03-03T12:00:00Z A breeze rustles the leaves, rooks hidden in the oaks caw to each other. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways Rd1 Rfc8 — White is still a pawn up, but his imprisoned king’s bishop and rook might as well not be on the board. Finding sanctuary in a chess library 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Rg7? is an understandable attempt to activate the rook, but only results in the loss of a pawn after 32 … Ke7 33. Marshall was a matchless chess champ — and not in a good way 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Black gets a rook and knight for his queen, but White’s attack is by no means spent. Stars of the future shine in chess’s ancestral homeland 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Rxg6+, and Black resigned as the rook and minor piece are no match for the White queen in lines such as 22…Nxg6 23. The king of chess gambits can still be a royal pain 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Khamrakulov’s two bishops can still harass the Black rooks, but a fatal new problem emerges just as White finally restores nominal material equality: 27. Rising junior chess star Jason Wang impresses at 10th Washington International 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Black ends up with a rook and bishop for the queen, but White’s king also is left totally exposed to the angry Black forces buzzing around. Finding sanctuary in a chess library 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The trade of a pair of rooks with 34. At the chessboard: Carlsen’s close call, Matanovic’s giant impact 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Any hopes Black’s bishop and rook can set up a fortress disappear after 33. Stars of the future shine in chess’s ancestral homeland 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Black fights on a bit, but the trade of rooks leaves him with a hopeless ending; after 46. Tang takes U.S. Open crown, books berth in U.S. championship chess tourney 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z White has picked up a second pawn and her knights prevent the Black rooks from generating any counterplay. Ju retains women’s world chess title with some last-round derring-do 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus. Finding sanctuary in a chess library 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z White’s dominance of the d5-square, occupied serially by a bishop and a rook has Ju playing defense for virtually the entire game. Lei draws first blood in tightly contested women’s world chess title match 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Cannonball Adderley just did something amazing, and I’m thinking about where to put my rook. Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea on the meaning of God, the band's worst album and the vice he misses most 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Despite allowing a Black rook to his second rank, after 18. Caruana turns back time — literally — in Superbet chess win 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z As in Ju-Lei, an unexpected opening results in an unbalanced position, but this time it is the rooks that prevail over Yip’s minor piece army in the game’s critical passages. Ju retains women’s world chess title with some last-round derring-do 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Bishop learned chess the old-fashioned way, with a family chessboard and by experimenting with the board pieces: pawns, bishops, knights, rooks, queens and kings. Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Ding must give back the piece to stop the pawns and the resulting rook ending is a dead draw. Chess title fight may be decided by a freeze and a bluff 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The exchange sacrifice — offering a rook for a minor piece — is such a reliable weapon in the modern grandmaster’s arsenal that kibitzers the world over were stunned by Black’s cavalier 28. In a break with tradition, chess title fight turns into slugfest 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z He is thrilled to hear the click of rooks and queens moving across the boards. Teachers nationwide are flummoxed by students’ new chess obsession 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Nxd1 Ne4 — this time, White gets two strong bishops for the rook and pawn, though Lee’s rooks get two superb central files as compensation. Ju retains women’s world chess title with some last-round derring-do 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Qxd5, attacking both the Black knight and rook while taking dead aim at Tudor’s king. World’s divisions play out on the chessboard 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The White queen and knight prove stronger than Black’s queen and rook in crunch time: 33…fxg4 34. Chess title fight may be decided by a freeze and a bluff 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Showalter gets up off the mat in the very first game, saving a dead lost position and eventually claiming the point in a seesaw rook vs. bishop ending. Queen power: Celebrating a rich legacy of women in chess 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Rec3, Black is not losing, but now a queen trade reveals the power of White’s more active rooks on 31 … Qc4 32. Winners all around: Aronian bounces back with win in WR Masters chess tournament 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In the tricky play that follows, White manages to eliminate all of Black’s queenside pawns but Lee gets her rooks in position to escort her kingside pawns down the board. Ju retains women’s world chess title with some last-round derring-do 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Qc3, and Black has only a poorly coordinated rook and bishop for the queen and two pawns. A ‘Greek gift’ on the chessboard that just keeps on giving 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Rae1, and though White gets only a rook and bishop for the queen, his dominance of the e-file splits Black’s position in two. Winants, standard-bearer for Belgian chess, dies at 60 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Ra1 — now the material deficit is two pawns for a rook, but White still has some holes to patch around his king. Playing chess is a great way to see the world 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Ra3!, and the dreaded doubled rooks on the seventh rank are well worth the temporarily sacrificed pawn. Winners all around: Aronian bounces back with win in WR Masters chess tournament 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Ba6, but for the human player the small rook lift provides psychological comfort, defending the c2-square from Black tactical tricks while clearing the way for White’s other rook to shift to the h-file. One head, three crowns: Champ Carlsen adds blitz, rapid chess titles 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Miles gets a queen and a rook along White’s back rank, keeping Bouaziz from cashing in his material edge or advancing his passed c-pawn. Dealing with imperfection at the chessboard 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Carlsen actually has two rooks for a queen and two pawns. Winants, standard-bearer for Belgian chess, dies at 60 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Kaplan’s predicament becomes clear: Black doesn’t want to recover the exchange but will just wait until White runs out of pawn pushes and must move his king away from c1, costing him a full rook. A rich history of 125 years of holiday chess at Hastings 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Easy enough for a computer to see, but Black with the clock ticking tries the safer but misguided 37 … Re4?, and White’s rooks take over the play on 38. Winners all around: Aronian bounces back with win in WR Masters chess tournament 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Qxe4 emerges with a rook and pawn for two minor pieces and good chances of holding the game. Great ride: Kavalek’s chess memoir ‘Life at Play’ tracks a rich, varied career 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Chess is a game of just a handful of pieces — king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn — but an infinite number of characters. Basman, Curdo: Honoring two of the game’s true originals 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Rxg7+ Kd8, and Black has two good minor pieces for a rook and pawn and the mate threats — for now — have dissipated. Niemann, rivals keep U.S. championship drama confined to the chessboard 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Rh4 Kh6 suddenly has White on the ropes, with the Black rook poised to come to the second rank with devastating effect. Intriguing chess title match on tap as champion Carlsen vacates the throne 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z I only know that a rook Ordering its black feathers can so shine As to seize my senses, haul My eyelids up, and grant A brief respite from fear Of total neutrality. Words of War: A Literary Lifeline for the Battlefield 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z With his rook largely a non-factor, Black has no good way to defend the a-pawn, and Ding methodically increases his advantage as his opponent grows more desperate for counterplay. Nepomniachtchi wins second chess title shot as champ Carlsen wavers 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z White’s pressure will soon force an active Black rook into passive defense on f8. Coaching him up: Kasparov chess mentor Nikitin left a lasting legacy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Rxc4 as any king move drops a knight or a rook. Prey bite back at predators in upset-filled Cherry Blossom Classic 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z To put it another way, he may have rooked the Twitter stockholders whose shares he bought out of $170 million. Column: Why don't regulators stop Elon Musk from breaking the law? 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z So I’m going to move my rook over just so I don’t get my queen taken. Opinion | ‘I Don’t Think It’s Going to Stop in Ukraine’: 10 Americans on Putin’s War 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Efimenko’s problem is that moves such as 34. e3?!, seeking more scope for his queen, also provides fresh lines of attack for Black’s rooks as well. Nakamura nabs slot in tourney to pick next chess title challenger 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Rxa5 leads to a rook ending with White two pawns to the good. Coaching him up: Kasparov chess mentor Nikitin left a lasting legacy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Rc6+!, and the rook gives itself up for a pleasing geometrical finale. Sevian, Nyzhnyk share top honors at revived St. Louis chess tournament series 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z As the position settles down, Black’s material edge — rook, bishop and knight for queen and pawn — starts to tell. Troubled by the war, struggling at the chessboard 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Nh3 keeps him in the game, but as the annotator noted, Black now has the positional serve, with any queen trade leaving Black’s rook dominant over the pathetic White knight. D.C.’s storied role as an incubator of Black chess in America 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z One of the trickier material trade-offs in chess is the value of the queen compared to the rooks. Nakamura nabs slot in tourney to pick next chess title challenger 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Rd1 Qf4 — Black has only a pawn and a minor piece for the rook, but the locked-in White bishop is pretty much a “tall pawn” for the rest of the game. Carlsen, Erigaisi score big chess wins at Tata Steel tourney in Wijk aan Zee 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z He believes the subsidies are too generous and poor people are getting rooked. There's a battle brewing over changes to California solar incentives. Newsom is in the middle 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z White’s pieces remain en prise, but some tricky tactics will leave Van Foreest with a rook and two pawns for two minor pieces: 23. Van Foreest battles in bid to repeat at super-strong Tata Steel chess tournament 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Rexe4!?, giving up a rook for knight and pawn but obtaining a position where White can harass the Black position so long as Frenkel’s rooks remain bottled up. D.C.’s storied role as an incubator of Black chess in America 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z In a balanced position, Wojtaszek upsets the dynamic with a positional pawn sacrifice to activate his rook and take over the b-file: 23. Kazakh phenom Abudsattorov dethrones Carlsen for world rapid chess title 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The champ’s two bishops come into their own in the ensuing play, with the magnificent bishop on c6 both contributing to the attack and blocking both enemy rooks from getting into the game. Carlsen, Erigaisi score big chess wins at Tata Steel tourney in Wijk aan Zee 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z New York Jets rooking quarterback Zach Wilson makes an incredible touchdown run and the rest of the best plays from week 16 of the NFL. Amazing rookie run, somersault scores & more NFL plays of the week 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z The downside is that some cities and towns got rooked. Gerrymandering still exists in California. But reforms did away with the old, ugly system 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The company said in its lawsuit that it got rooked because it placed “justifiable reliance upon ... this false billing.” Column: 1-800-GET-THIN promoter convicted of fraud 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Black on Move 44 gave up his rook to allow his pawn to queen and in the final position, White’s a-pawn is about to fall, and he faces a hopeless ending. Magnus Carlsen retains world chess crown with brilliant attack in clinching game 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z After the last two rooks were traded on Move 40, each player was left with a knight, four queenside pawns, and no realistic way of gaining an advantage. Quiet draw leaves champion Magnus Carlsen just 1 point from victory in world chess title match 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z White’s decision to trade his queen for Black’s two rooks worked out well, as in the ensuing endgame it was only Carlsen playing for the win. Magnus Carlsen takes control of chess title match after challenger’s blunder 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Then a few moves later, he allowed Carlsen to trade his queen for both of Nepomniachtchi’s rooks, leading to a double-edged but dynamically balanced position. Did the World Chess Championship End When No One Was Looking? 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z When the smoke had cleared, both players had three pawns and a rook — all on the kingside — with no realistic chance for either side to breakthrough. Carlsen keeps lead in world chess title fight after tame Game 7 draw 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z White held a small but persistent edge in the Catalan Opening, eventually trading his queen for Nepomniachtchi’s two rooks and obtaining an endgame where White had all the winning chances. Champion Carlsen takes lead in chess title fight with epic 136-move win 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z But an early queen trade left White struggling to generate chances, even after Carlsen was able to trade bishops and get a rook and a knight planted deep in his opponent’s position. New opening produces another draw in chess title match 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z But apparently hasty subsequent play by Nepomniachtchi allowed the champion to build up strong pressure, forcing Black on Move 37, in turn, to give up a rook to remove Carlsen dominating knight. Seesaw battle leads to second draw to open world chess title match 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Carter added that when some teammates would call him “rook,” he’d confidently say: “I’m not a rookie. I’m just in my first year. … They drafted me to play.” Jets’ Ulbrich focused on fundamentals, not overhauling D 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z White’s material edge is slight, but his queen proves vastly superior to Bluebaum’s rooks and loose pawns. Middle East dispatch: Chess on the rise again in a cradle of the game 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z On Move 80, White was able to transform the position again, trading his rook for Black’s bishop and pawn and obtaining a clear path for his passed e-pawn. Champion Carlsen takes lead in chess title fight with epic 136-move win 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z McDermott said rooking starting right tackle Spencer Brown is expected to return after missing two games with a back injury. Bills rule out linebacker Edmunds from playing against Jets 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Carlsen emerged a pawn to the good in a rook ending, but with all the remaining pawns on the kingside, there was no chance for a breakthrough to obtain a passed pawn. Seesaw battle leads to second draw to open world chess title match 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Typically, a rook is worth far more than two pawns, but not when those two pawns are tag-teaming their way down the board: 46. Meet the candidates: Firouzja, Caruana, Lei book chess title tourney slots 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “Got rook on the boat with me,” Thompson said in a recent post, gesturing toward the second-year center James Wiseman behind him. Klay Thompson Finally Found Love. With His Boat. 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Lewis showed promise as a rooking in creating pressure off the edge, getting two sacks in 124 defensive snaps. Terrell Lewis could bolster Rams pass rush if knee holds up 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z After a rook trade, the White knight is reduced to shuttling between b1 and d2 as the Black pawns remorselessly advance. Carlsen stays in the arena with chess title match looming 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z He was the 12th Rangers player to make his MLB debut this season, and the club-record 25th rooked used by Texas. Brantley, AL West-leading Astros rally late, top Rangers 5-4 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Rc5, and achieves a real bind on Black’s rook and knight with 24. Quick thinking: Nakamura dominates rapid and blitz chess in St. Louis 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Rhg1 — Black has two minor pieces for the rook and pawn but has no answer to the coming blitz down the g-file. For a weekly chess columnist, an embarrassment of riches 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Brooks also joked that Wagner has said he will continue to call him “rook’’ through eight games of this year, a number he portrayed as arbitrary. With K.J. Wright still a free agent, Seahawks’ Jordyn Brooks using OTAs to establish himself in weakside linebacker role 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z But striated caracaras — colloquially known as Johnny rooks — are special by dint of their rarity and their far-flung homeland. Review | A particular fascination with a peculiar bird 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Black’s rooks still look menacing, but Rubinstein never loses control after 21. Digging the Queen’s Gambit long before ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z White’s king’s rook finally gets into the play on 34. Chess: A global game gets snared in global problems 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The White rook on e1 appears to be doing yeoman’s work protecting the e-pawn, but the solution shows it is unexpectedly in the way: 1. Christopher Yoo commands the Cadets at U.S. youth chess championship 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z “He just walks by and says, ‘It was a slider, rook.‘” Gibson the Great: Rose, others recall the fearsome Cards ace 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z In both cases Black had rook plus a, b and g pawns while the key drawing move was White’s h4-h5! Chess: Kasparov and Carlsen undone by internet glitches following 55-move draw 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Even with just the queens and rooks on the board, both players face tremendous pressure given the dicey positions of their kings. Internet glitch means shared chess Olympiad gold for Russia, India 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “In fact, the truth is that there is no way for Black to avoid losing his rook or allowing White to get a new queen in the next few moves.” Flimflam and the art of the swindle at the chessboard 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z With his bishop and knight shunted out of play, he sacrifices two rooks for the queen and sends his own queen on harassing raids inside the White position. Peeling back the legend, Mir Sultan Khan remains an amazing chess story 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Black gets two pawns for the exchange, but the trio of passed White pawns quickly proves too much for Lasker’s rooks. A chess masterpiece that falters at the finish line 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z But when she “castles short,” swapping king and rook, he wonders what else might be possible. Review: In Percival Everett's three-version "Telephone," it's always the dealer's choice 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Nf6, and Black resigned because the mate threat costs him his rook. Christopher Yoo falls just short — this time — on road to grandmaster chess title 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z In the final position, Black’s passer will cost White her rook and Goryachkina resigned. A ‘Whatever’ moment fuels Ju Wenjun’s comeback in women’s chess title fight 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The retangular piece of rock with two horn-shaped points on top looks like rooks, or castles, that have been found at other Islamic sites nearby. Carved rock could be world's oldest chess piece 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z To Horst, the summer maneuvers shouldn’t be viewed as “a chess match where they used their rook so we’re going to move our knight” but rather as the latest step in the Bucks’ self-optimization plan. Fueled by last year’s playoff flameout, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks are spitting fire 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The Chiefs’ defensive line struggled at times against Oakland’s front, though part of that was due to the exceptional play of rooking running back Josh Jacobs. Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes continues to cover shortcomings 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z From the diagrammed position, White is up a rook, but his king is so far from the action and his pawns so vulnerable that the win is far from obvious. Belous shines, Altman soars at 51st Atlantic Open chess clash 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z His bishop was aimed at the king; his rooks were working together; his knight was ready to leap into the action. Magnus Carlsen Was Defeated, But the Draw Remains Dominant in Chess 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The Sotheby's piece, the equivalent of a rook, is the first missing chessman to be identified. Viking Chess piece bought for less than $10 sells for over $900G 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The Sotheby’s piece, the equivalent of a rook, is the first missing chessman to be identified. Viking chess piece sells for more than $900,000 at auction 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z This piece, the equivalent of a rook, is the first of the missing pieces to be identified. Missing Lewis Chessman found in drawer could be worth more than $1M 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Authorities said the fire, which was mostly extinguished by 3:30 a.m. local time, was likely an accident tied to renovation work on the now-destroyed rook and spire, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said. Emmanuel Macron says Notre Dame to be rebuilt in five years 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Among the many themes which Sadler identifies, AZ likes Harry the h pawn to spearhead its long-term attacks with an advance to h6 which entombs a rook or bishop at h8. Rise of the machines: is AI program AlphaZero ready to take on the best? | Leonard Barden 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z In Game 1 of their match, Deep Blue greedily accepted Mr. Kasparov’s sacrifice of a rook for a bishop, but lost the game 16 moves later. One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z White’s active rooks and Black’s lack of counterplay allow the young Indian to transfer to a favorable endgame on 34. Future is bright for chess in India with its rising young stars 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Victory would also have captured Carlsen’s No 1 ranking and it looked promising when Caruana built an impressive position with queen, both rooks and a knight all aiming at Nakamura’s black king. Chess: Fabiano Caruana misses another chance for world No 1 ranking 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Further simplification came as the players traded rooks: 31. Magnus Carlsen springs Game 8 escape thanks to Fabiano Caruana's false step 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The players each brought their rooks into the mix with 19. Rueful Magnus Carlsen 'way too soft' in Game 7 draw with Fabiano Caruana 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Trading rooks now leaves White down material without any real attacking prospects, but that’s infinitely better than the game’s 23. U.S. chess team starts strong in defense of Olympiad gold in Georgia 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z “Everybody just said, ‘Good job, rook,’ and then we kept it moving,” he said. Miami’s Fitzpatrick attends 1st NFL game _ and makes impact 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z We pick this King’s Indian Attack from the diagrammed position, where Polugaevsky as White is trying to keep his attack alive with a rook, knight and bishop all under attack. Memorial chess tournaments are used to honor some of the game’s greats 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z He then picked up the scattered pieces, and deposited them onto the table - along with rooks and pawns. Debate ensues in South Dakota over meaning of Poet’s Table 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z White ups the ante, going down a full rook to fuel his attack on 24. For Mardi Gras, a celebration of Paul Morphy, New Orleans’ finest 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z After 22. d5, with a discovered attack on the unfortunately placed Black rook, Shabalov seizes an initiative that carries him through to victory. Alexander Shabalov dominates chess field in 44th Eastern Open 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The White rook seizes the seventh rank, and the White king steadily infiltrates to aid the pawn. In key chess win, it’s thanks for the memories 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The first start, two weeks ago against New Orleans, started impressively enough thanks to the quarterback’s scrambling ability and a career-high 131 yards rushing for rooking running back Aaron Jones. Lions, Packers look for offensive fixes at Lambeau 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z She belongs to that family of birds that steal things – the jackdaws, the rooks, crows and magpies – and I admire those birds. Philip Pullman: ‘My daemon is a raven, a bird that steals things’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Only a few other species are known to pass the test, including corvids—such as New Caledonian crows, rooks, and Eurasian jays—and great apes. Raccoons Pass Famous Intelligence Test—By Upending It 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The rook pieces were sculpted to resemble the CCS starship that landed in Tanzania. Catalogue of Items in the Chess Exhibition at the Humanities Museum, Pre-Enlightenment Wing : Nature : Nature Research 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z White’s kingside pawn majority is intact heading into the rook ending, while Black’s hobbled queenside majority with the doubled c-pawns will never be able to push through a passed pawn on their own. In key chess win, it’s thanks for the memories 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Feeling the need for air, I sit on the step of my open back door and see a rook, a sociable species of European crow, flying low toward my house through gray evening air. What Animals Taught Me About Being Human 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The backdrop of “Take That for Data” and “they not gone rook us” was set hours before the tip Thursday night. Fans rally behind Grizzlies and coach after ref rant 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Knights and pawns, rooks and queens rule when the students at University Prep Science and Math Middle School are not studying chemistry and algebra. Detroit youth chess champs compete with passion 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z “We went to some local spot they liked to visit in Carlisle. Then they all got up to leave and said, ‘Pay the tab, rook.’ Gus Frerotte: Of course Cousins is a franchise QB 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Bell holds back his queen, rooks and bishops, exercising restraint with action pieces until he senses an opening. Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell finds success on the ground by not rushing 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z But my deepest relief doesn’t come from imagining I can feel what the rook feels, know what the rook knows — instead, it’s slow delight in recognizing that I cannot. What Animals Taught Me About Being Human 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z After 18 moves, Carlsen, 25, took the initiative, forcing Karjakin, 26, into an exchange of bishops and rooks and moving his own pieces into more aggressive positions. Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in Dead Heat in Chess Championship 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Instead, 25…Bxc1?? leaves Black up a rook, bishop and knight but short one king after 26. Fighting seniors lead the way into busy holiday chess season 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z In the 10th round, on Thanksgiving, the soft-spoken Russian missed two opportunities to force a draw by perpetual check, and erred again by misplacing his black rook on the 56th move. Carlsen Defeats Karjakin to Retain World Chess Title 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “He was pretty poised. He wasn’t shook, he’s a rook. That’s what he is. He’s been kind of getting an easy walk through this league,” Sherman said. Wentz, Eagles get wakeup in 26-15 loss to Seahawks 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z As it passes overhead, the rook tilts its head to regard me briefly before flying on. What Animals Taught Me About Being Human 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z After a simplification on the queenside, both players were left with a rook, two knights and four kingside pawns, offering little hope of dynamic play in the endgame. Second game of Carlsen-Karjakin chess title match produces second draw in NYC 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z “The rooks sang a little bit,” Calderon said. In fostering the Lakers' identity, Luke Walton avoids references to the Warriors 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z White is paralyzed: Any rook move hangs the f-pawn and 30. Thoughts from champ Magnus Carlsen on chess, intuition and fashion 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z He moved into second place in MLS history for rooking scoring. Sounders end winless streak against Galaxy behind rookie Jordan Morris 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z When I looked at the rook and the rook looked at me, I became a feature of its landscape as much as it became a feature of mine. What Animals Taught Me About Being Human 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z I don’t know if it was boredom, fury, tiredness or simple incompetence but, as we approached the endgame, I committed the mother of all mistakes, blundering away a rook. Truth, beauty and annihilation: my quest for chess mastery | Stephen Moss 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Let's take the spotlight off the rook and give Keenum some overdue respect. Letters: Hearing from all sides on the Dodgers' A.J. Ellis trade 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z It changed her life overnight - but it rook time for the singer to adjust. How Tove Lo survived a brush with death making her second album - BBC News 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z That’s a great deal at any major sporting event, let alone the Olympics, where fans would normally expect to get rooked. 7 Things From the Rio Opening Ceremony You Couldn't See on TV 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The rook and I have shared no purpose. What Animals Taught Me About Being Human 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Both were down to their last few seconds, the youngster was shaking, and almost every move they made was an error, a rook mislaid here, a bishop casually tossed away there. Truth, beauty and annihilation: my quest for chess mastery | Stephen Moss 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Rxg6, and the unavailability of the Black rook for the defense proves critical. A wide world of chess winners dominates World Open 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z "I'm in your house," he says, as a rook enters my half of the board. Creating the world's new chess capital - BBC News 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z He stared intently at the pieces in front of him and deftly maneuvered rooks and bishops along the ranks and files before him. Chess club hopes for members, interest in centuries-old game 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Kg8!, neatly giving the bishop a retreat route to let the rook into the fray. DAVID R. SANDS: With Krush crush, Paikidze wins chess crown the hard way 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z I had had similar doubts after that earlier game in Newport when I had thrown away a rook with what may have been the most ridiculous move in the history of chess. Truth, beauty and annihilation: my quest for chess mastery | Stephen Moss 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Carlsen’s teenage potential rival Wei Yi, 16, sacrificed a bishop and a rook this week in the Chinese League. Leonard Barden on Chess 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Black nets only a rook and two pawns for two minor pieces after the combination, but his positional dominance is overwhelming. DAVID R. SANDS: In a month made for madness, chess as a force for sanity 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say rooks also created fake invoices for inspections never done by companies run by co-conspirators who paid him kickbacks. Man pleads guilty in $2.2M fraud scheme in Jacksonville 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z A lofty comparison for a game in which the bulk of its characters probably couldn't understand the movement patterns of a rook. Cinematic 'Until Dawn' sets its sights higher than typical horror fare 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z “I played a game a couple of days ago where I lost from a rook up,” wrote Gormally. Truth, beauty and annihilation: my quest for chess mastery | Stephen Moss 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z White must be careful not to allow the Black rook and knight to establish a fortress, but Karpov’s technique — and his a-pawn — are up to the job. DAVID R. SANDS: Woulda, coulda, shoulda — mourning chess matches that never came off 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The Black rooks now flood the position and White’s game collapses. DAVID R. SANDS: Alex Lenderman represents U.S. in capturing World Open chess honors 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Nf4 — White has just two pawns for the rook, but Black’s pieces are badly tied down and the cheeky pawn on h7 remains on the board. DAVID R. SANDS: Walter Browne’s genius lives on in great chess games 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Dominguez Perez tries to defang Black’s attack with a rook trade, but that only seems to increase the superiority of Black’s minor pieces. DAVID R. SANDS: In the 64-square chess universe, home-field advantage hard to find 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And captive rooks, close relatives of crows and ravens, have done the same thing. Who ya callin’ bird brain? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “It’s tough early with these rooks and they’re kind of spinning around,” Smith said. Jeremy Maclin leads new-look Chiefs wide receiver corps 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z White displays admirable patience in trying to break down Black’s entrenched fortress and shows maturity beyond his years by outplaying his older rival at a key point in the rook ending. DAVID R. SANDS: Xiong, Wei fuel youth movement in chess events an ocean apart 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The loss of castling privileges doesn’t hurt White’s game, and even helps his development by clearing the central squares for his rook. DAVID R. SANDS: After forfeit, So bounces back with win streak in chess 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z It’s thus very misleading indeed to be using this profit share as an indication of the capitalist plutocrats rooking us all. Increased Globalisation Explains Some Of The Increase In The US Profit Share 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z He resigns, as accepting the rook runs into 18…Kxg6 19. DAVID R. SANDS: Busted bracket: U.S. women bounced from chess tournament 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z So, yes, Opec’s days as a cartel able to rook us with high oil prices really are over. Citigroup; Oil's Heading To $20 And Opec's Days Are Over 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z So they can’t do the usual thing of rooking the foreign banks. Greek Bailout Plans Hit The Brick Wall Of Merkel And The ECB 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Rc1, and Ivanov’s more active rooks compensate for the sacrificed pawn. DAVID R. SANDS: Alexander Ivanov adds to his collection of Eastern Open chess titles 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Anand immediately went for a forcing line involving a temporary piece sacrifice that produced an equal rook ending with 27. Chess champ Carlsen moves closer to victory with Game 10 draw 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z After the moment of mutual chess blindness, Carlsen proceeded to grind down his opponent using pressure from his rooks and bishops to win a decisive material edge. Carlsen wins error-filled game to seize chess title match lead 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Black’s doubled f-pawns don’t prove a major weakness in the endgame, and after the knight and bishop are exchange, the rook ending after 38. Chess title match remains knotted as Carlsen, Anand draw in Game 5 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z The company says it got rooked because it placed "justifiable reliance upon ... this false billing." How did UnitedHealth let so many questionable claims slip past? 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Bc4, White’s control of the d-file and the persistent threat of Nc4-d6 forces Black’s hand, leading to a trade of the rooks and a roll of the dice to challenge White’s growing positional superiority: 28. SANDS: Azarov wins International; China claims Olympiad gold 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z At age 8, he befriended a rook and had been a devoted bird watcher ever since, said his wife, Judith Marler, who confirmed his death. Peter Marler, Graphic Decoder of Birdsong, Dies at 86 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z And that’s private equity managers: they’re under far too much supervision by their very tightly committed private equity owners to be able to rook them. Soaring Inequality And CEO Pay Are Not Caused By The Principal/Agent Problem 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z But declining the offer allows the White rook to get to the h-file and soon every White piece is locked in on the Black king. SANDS: Ortiz Suarez wins D.C., Smirin wins the World 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z People are being asked to help study the behaviour of some of our cleverest garden birds, rooks. Humans outsmarted by clever rooks 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z From 1 July, the charity is asking people to submit video clips or descriptions of the behaviour or rooks - some of our cleverest garden birds. Public asked to spot clever birds 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z B's response to A's second move would not be to move a rook into the path of A's bishop's but would logically be to capture A's queen with a pawn. Readers Respond to "The New Century of the Brain" 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Annie Wang was 5 when she first saw the 32 classic chess fixtures: knights, bishops, rooks, pawns and the king and queen. La Canada elementary school student is youngest female chess master 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z These articles have a not-so-subtle sense of exasperation over the industry’s growth and the not-so-subtle sense of indignation that the general investing public is getting rooked without really knowing it. 3 Reasons The New Yorker Is Wrong About Hedge Funds 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z In chess it’s perfectly acceptable to sacrifice all your pawns, knights, bishops, and rooks if that’s what it takes to pin down the opponent’s king. What Chess Players Could Teach Obama About Handling Putin 2014-03-20T18:16:30Z This survey will examine if and how wild rooks apply these skills. Public asked to spot clever birds 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z If you demand of Sharansky that he advance like a rook you should expect him to move instead like a bishop or knight. How imaginary chess kept one man sane 2014-01-03T00:24:03Z The intelligence of the corvid family—a group of birds that includes crows, ravens, magpies, rooks and jackdaws—rivals that of apes and dolphins. Crows Show Off Their Social Skills 2013-08-26T12:45:00.570Z Kramnik belatedly tried for a counter against the black king, but the black pawns, aided by further sacrifices of a bishop and rook, overran his defences. Magnus Carlsen makes Vlad Kramnik regret doubting his credentials 2013-05-03T13:55:22Z The first game was bizarre as his Egyptian opponent blundered a rook and resigned after 19 moves while in the second Muir missed a brilliancy featured in this week's puzzle. Leonard Barden on Chess 2013-03-01T22:55:01Z Anatoly Karpov, the former world champion, was captured on video castling queen's side illegally, moving the rook before the king. Leonard Barden on Chess 2013-02-22T22:55:01Z There are 120 bird species in the corvid family, which includes crows, ravens, magpies, jays, jackdaws, and rooks. Seven Things You Didn't Know About Ravens, Superbowl Edition 2013-02-04T23:15:03.280Z But after more than a decade of rooking the world, finally realized he was down to one move on the chessboard – confessing. Lance Armstrong's options after Oprah: liar, denier, crier, pariah 2013-01-17T19:00:00Z He showed his quality especially in a bruising ninth-round game where both players attacked zestfully before Jones triumphed in a marathon 88-move ending with king and rook against king and pawn. Leonard Barden on Chess 2013-01-11T22:55:01Z The appeals court said retirees "are the pawns in the moves being made by the knights and rooks." Nortel's legal mess pits bondholders against retirees 2013-01-11T18:09:16Z Pieces were knocked over, Grischuk moved using both hands then fumbled a capture, and Karjakin, with only rook for queen, won by two seconds. Leonard Barden on Chess 2013-02-22T22:55:01Z Giving up rook for bishop or knight was a Soviet speciality which Kramnik used in a zestful king hunt against Luke McShane then in a subtle endgame against Gawain Jones. Magnus Carlsen takes maximalist approach to claim London Classic title 2012-12-14T13:26:35Z On Mondays after the dinner, the bankers join a larger group of central bankers at a large round table on a lower floor of the BIS building, which is shaped like a rook chess piece. Secret Talks Behind Central Banks' Bets 2012-12-12T03:32:39Z The British champion finished with a double rook offer in this Guildford v Barbican B game. Leonard Barden on Chess 2012-11-09T22:55:12Z Species represented at the sites include ravens, crows, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, various types of eagle and vulture, red and black kites, kestrels and falcons. Neanderthals 'harvested feathers' 2012-09-17T21:21:08Z The same pair had met in another Armageddon final a few weeks earlier, when Grischuk was a rook up but allowed a stalemate draw. Leonard Barden on Chess 2013-02-22T22:55:01Z He's going to be under constant pressure all season, He's a rook. Mailing it in: Reading your write-in comments, suggestions 2012-09-11T16:12:20Z Back in January, the rook idea was rumbling through Carroll's mind. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll ditched fear of playing a rookie quarterback even before Russell Wilson 2012-08-29T05:52:48Z White's rooks and bishops homed in on the black king, but there were problems to convert. Magnus Carlsen closing in on Garry Kasparov's all-time rating 2012-08-10T14:38:19Z In the bad old days, the little guy got rooked by "pool" operators who manipulated stocks like Radio Corp. of America. When Will Retail Investors Call It Quits? 2012-08-02T07:47:00Z The whole team always call me their 'rook.' Basketball: Davis living the dream at London Games 2012-08-01T21:16:14Z Those in charge of the finance sector rook their customers and shareholders to become filthy rich. Little Britain: why the UK is no longer a superpower 2012-06-08T22:01:40Z Having spent years as a fat, white, nut-headed grub munching roots in the darkness under lawns and fields, avoiding the beaks of rooks, the beetle on the brick emerged from its pupa at night. Country diary: Wenlock Edge: A torch-bearing cockchafer in the birthplace of the modern Olympian games 2012-06-05T20:00:01Z Most of these rooks are still in "workout" shape. Rookies to get wake-up call at minicamp 2012-05-07T00:27:00Z March 21, 1616 Now that I am sick, it seems so rare a thing I once climbed elms for rook’s nest and slashed all afternoon, in the August sun, to scythe the timothy in rows. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z We have, in fact, to make a "rook's path" on a chess-board of twenty-five squares, beginning and ending where we please. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z I thought our rook did a fantastic job, but he needed support and help. Bulls? Rose Returns, but the Rust Shows 2012-04-09T02:01:18Z He told me also how they bullied the rooks, robbed the gulls; how they were cleverer and more evil than any other bird, foes of all and feared by all--thieves and murderers. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z A rook has left the flock—the very worst thing he could possibly do for his own sake: he has saved the bishop the trouble of selection. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Reynold felt it even if he did not altogether understand, as he stood by the sun-dial which recorded nothing, with the violets at his feet, and the rooks sailing overhead across the faintly-tinted sky. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z The sober rooks perambulated the green sward in pairs. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z "I suppose by this time she could tell us how many drops of rain fall in a minute, and how many rooks have perched on the trees during the last half-hour." It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z Some of these places rook you dreadful, besides making fun of you. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z In an open plain, and on a tolerably still day, a great number of rooks may be killed with good hawks. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Horses' hoofs rang loud on the road; and rooks gathered where they had passed. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z But always the rooks, never the hawks, do we catch. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z "Or perhaps," replied Anne slowly, "my rooks have given me a lesson in—in—" "Cawing," suggested Frances, impertinently. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z Owen Meredith's poem, The Aloe, tells that the Aloe opened with such a loud explosive report that the rooks shrieked and folks ran out of the house to learn whence came the sound. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z In 1863, ninety rooks were killed, near the same spot, with eyases. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A long fence separated two fields; on each post sat a solemn rook, and hundreds more made black the near grass. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The cawing of rooks, the murmur of wood-doves, the scents of late spring filled the balmy air. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "I wish one of the rooks would fly and bring me the letter from Miss Neville that I have been expecting, and have been looking out for all the afternoon." It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z He would be hanged, like a rook over sprouting wheat, conspicuously at the place of his misdeeds, to serve as an example to evildoers. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The tiercel, or male peregrine, is excellent for partridges and pigeons; but the female bird only can have a chance with herons, and is to be preferred also for grouse and rooks. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z When rooks fly homeward And shadows fall, When roses fold On the hay-yard wall, When blind moths flutter By door and tree, Then comes the quiet Of Christ to me. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z But if when any one died Came keeners hoarser than rooks, He bade them give over their keening; For he was a man of books. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z They poured out like a flock of rooks, and were already perched on wall and branch when the interested parties arrived. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Rook′er, a swindler; Rook′ery, a group of trees on which rooks build: a cluster of mean tenements: a resort of thieves: a disturbance.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Let us go out to-day, then, and try to kill a rook or two on the neighboring common. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z I will go with my father a-ploughing To the green field by the sea, And the rooks and the crows and the seagulls Will come flocking after me. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z They are not unlike English rooks, but have the diabolical habit of attacking sick sheep and newly-born lambs, not infrequently pecking out their eyes. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Mr. Curran met with such an ovation from the heavy flight of rooks in the trees, as his small figure loomed in the twilight, that his spirits rose again. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Rook, rook, n. a castle or piece used in playing chess. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z At this season of the year, and in this country, falconers are obliged to be content with rook, pigeon, or magpie flying. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z I will go with my father a-sowing To the red field by the sea, And the rooks and the gulls and the starlings Will come flocking after me. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z As Isaacs bluntly and angrily summarised it, "he lay upon the thwarts and screeched like a rook;" and in his appeals to his mother he was quite conventionally French. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The rooks were busy with their evening conference. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z As he came near Bevagna in the plain a new crowd of listeners awaited him—troops of fluttering birds—bullfinches, rooks, doves, "a great company of creatures without number." The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z We have a haggard tiercel and a haggard falcon; also two eyas falcons; all are up to their work and have been well entered to rooks. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Me, cruel Queen! you love to captivate, And from a knight to a poor pawn translate, You marshal all your force to tire me out, You take my rooks with yours, and then checkmate! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z But wait—before I finish I must ask why you assure Clark of Trinity that it is the rooks who call “Maud, Maud, etc.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z It was only a plain farmer’s autumn wind after all, but it made these youthful sailors think of something else than baffled, rooks and fields of ripening grain. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Then the young rooks were great fun in spring; and mind you, there is many a worse dish to set before a hungry man than rook-pie.” Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z There is full enough wind; the rooks are soon into it, and ringing up in a compact body with a pace which, for them, is very good. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Kenneth has been planting a little tree there, only a young Scotch pine, dug from the moor, a treelet that had grown from a cone which the rooks had fetched from Alva’s gloomy forest. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z It made the rooks that swayed in the bare branches of a windy clump of elms take on a strange green lustre over their plumage, and cast a stillness over the world. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z High on my hedge of bush and tree A blackbird sings his song to me, And far above my lin�d book I hear the voice of wren and rook. Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z Outside it was a pile of gray stone, with towers and airy pinnacles full of carved saints and busy rooks. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z She listened: there was only the cawing of some distant rooks and the whisper of the breeze among the pines. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z A wren on a tree-stump carolled clear, Then the starlings wheeled in a sudden sheer, The rooks came home to the twiggy hive In the elm-tree tops which the winds do drive. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z He heard the caw of homing rooks and the flutter of thrushes in the great Hall shrubberies. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Further differences are found in the feathering of the head and neck of these birds, that of the crow being much more completely covered than that of the rook. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z It was a green and amber evening, with the shadows already deepening over Coombe Woods and the calling of homing rooks in the air. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z The fields lie cheek-by-jowl with the station, and a group of high elms, in which dwells a colony of rooks, throws its ample shade over the "down" platform. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z No jay or magpie gave a rally Down in the copse, no circling rooks Rose over fields; old Joyful's looks Were doubtful in the gorse, the pack Quested both up and down and back. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Neither the raven, rook, crow, nor jackdaw visits the islands; but there is a handsome bird which is very numerous, especially in the north island. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z It is only when the rook in his turn gets too numerous that he needs a similar check. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z A black rook stirs the branches here and there, Foraging to repair His broken home: And hark, on the ash-boughs! The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Here one day I saw about a dozen sheldrakes in the midst of an immense congregation of rooks, daws, and starlings feeding among some cows. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z I remember, as a child, sitting out of doors on an evening of a warm summer or autumn day, and repeating the crow charm to flights of rooks, as they winked home to their rookery. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z The sun had set behind the long line of the Hulver woods, and there was a flight of homing rooks across the amber sky. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The rook is gregarious, in which particular it differs from the Carrion Crow which lives in pairs. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Such are enough To burden the slow flight of labouring rooks, When on the leafless tree-tops in young March Their glossy herds assembling soothe the air With cries of solemn joy and cawings loud. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Not only are the rooks there in legions, having their rookeries in the park, but, throughout the forest, daws, carrion crows, jays, and magpies are abundant. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Strange that for twelve long miles, ’twixt Warmington and the second milestone from Warwick, we never met a soul, unless rooks and rabbits have souls. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z High in the windless spaces above the elms, the rooks were circling and cawing. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The croak of the crow is, moreover, much harsher than the caw of the rook. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z O rooks, I love to watch through quiet eve Your mystic circles in the golden air, And in your solemn monotones conceive The instinct of a universal prayer. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z One day I was walking by a meadow, adjoining the Bishop's palace at Wells, where several cows were grazing, and noticed a little beyond them a number of rooks and starlings scattered about. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z He had come to grief in the old country by gambling, and was just turning from a pigeon into a rook, but there was something about him that women found very fascinating. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Blended with the cawing of the rooks came the tolling of the bell for her son's funeral. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z It builds in old ruins, church towers, and rocky eminences, in which particular it differs from the rooks and the crows, who select the topmost branches of trees for this purpose. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Swaying high up on the top-gallant yards they looked no bigger than rooks, and with every uncertain lurch and roll the yard-ends seemed almost to touch the water. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z It was a curious gathering, and the red Devons, shining white sheldrakes, and black rooks on the bright green grass, produced a singular effect. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The park is of great extent, containing fine forest trees, which form a woodland beneath the hill so extensive as to afford shelter for innumerable rooks. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z I have seen, whether they ever existed or not, French windows opening on a lawn, and a slackened tennis-net beyond, and an evening flush in the sky, and the air dark with homing rooks.... The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z From without, the cawing of rooks and shouts of children at play are faintly audible. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z He fuzzed up his rebellious hair, and stuck rooks’ feathers in it; he thrust his feet into the darkest and grimiest of mud to represent moccasins, and streaked his face with the same. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Behold your brothers turned to birds and made companions of snipes, woodpeckers, jays, owls, rooks, starlings, blackbirds, tom-tits, larks, kingfishers, wrens, and sparrows. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z Just try it, and see how they rook your pocket-book,” retorted Jimmy. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z It’s just the last two weeks of September, bunch of rooks on the bench. Washington Nationals? first step could be taking aim at third place 2011-09-14T19:26:00Z Shortly after the melancholy death of Tip, some one presented me with a puppy, and some one else presented me with a rook. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Flocks of rooks are flying heavily and silently away to the distant river, where among the reeds they will find plenty to eat. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z And high aloft, among some gigantic elms, the rooks were cawing lustily, as they swang on the branches near their nests. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Where ever did you learn such words—‘rook’ and the like?” gasped his sister. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Scene: A green hill or knoll rising with a gentle sweep from the woods near Grayling House, on one side gigantic elm trees, with rooks busy nest-making. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Is it not cruelty on my part, you may inquire, to counsel the robbery of a rook’s nest? Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Indeed, when perched on the very, very top of a tall larch-tree Ransey himself didn’t look much bigger than a rook. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z I pity the very rooks on the swaying trees. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z White's disconnected rooks are no match for Black's centralised pieces and connected passed pawns – easy to see when you get there, but appreciating this well in advance was inspired. Chess: the genius of Bobby Fischer 2011-08-29T20:29:01Z It is early morning, but those rooks have been at it long before the beams of the rising sun capped the hills with crimson. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z But my uncle sat down upon my poor rook one day, and the bird gave vent to one last “Caw!” and was heard again—nevermore. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Even in Rome, the larks, going up tiny brown rockets, into the pale blue sky above the pale green endless undulations of grass, and the rooks and magpies flocking round the ruins. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Smoke enough now began to curl high over turret and tree; even the rooks seemed to feel the importance of the coming occasion, and positively crowed themselves hoarse. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z In dashed the bay through the park-gates, sending the shingle flying up in small simoons, and the rooks cawing in supreme surprise from their nests in the branches of the beech-trees. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The rooks busy at work on the tall, swaying elm trees. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z As to the rook, a quicker fate was reserved for him. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Lord M. said, "The rooks are my delight." Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z It stands up like a crag, and the wind whistles through its pinnacles as in a grove, and the rooks float and soar about its towers as they do among the granite peaks. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Nothing came between the furze bushes and the spring sunshine except when a rook flew overhead, croaking a quaint spring song to himself, or when a filmy cloud raced across the sky. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z High up yonder among the sturdy arms of the elms were many huge nests, but the rooks were far away foraging in some farmer’s field. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Like the great Highland bagpipe, the voice of a healthy rook sounds very well about a mile off, but it isn’t exactly the thing for indoor delectation. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Mayhap Sir Dickon here, if any seek to do thee harm, will find better marks for his bolts than rooks and hares.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The rooks lazily cawed as they flew off with the acorns, the hills were half hidden with a yellowy vapour, and a few distant fleecy clouds, far up, floated in the azure. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Overhead the rooks were floating idly home down towards Thorpe Wood. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z It went up, up, and curving over, struck a bough at the top of one of the elms, and stopped there by the rooks’ nests. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Thus: an ambush was erected in the midst of a potato field, where rooks were in the habit of assembling in their dusky thousands. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The rook attacks b2 and at the same time the b7 pawn is protected, allowing the bishop to enter the game. Chess: Shrewd moves to enhance winning chances 2011-08-08T20:30:01Z There was still a special Adams touch in the subtle rook play which hobbled Black's queen's side before he switched to the other flank and provoked a fatal blunder. Michael Adams and Nigel Short face speed tie-break for British title 2011-08-05T22:00:52Z The rooks rose from the oaks with a lazy cawing, loth to leave the ripening acorns, and settled again when he had passed. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Afar above a flock of rooks soared, winding round and round a geometrical staircase in the air, with outstretched wings like leaves upborne and slowly rotating edge first. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Even rooks came on to the lawn to beg; they said there wasn’t a hip nor a haw to be found in all the countryside. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z A garrulous blue-winged jay chatters from the tall oak, and purple rooks are picking among the corn. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The best place for finding these sticks—and those the rooks use—is where a tree has been felled or a thick hedge cut some months before. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The sweet breeze played against the dead red brick; odours of clover were blown against the windows; rooks came over now and then with their noisy caw-cawing. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z For the acorns the old oak still yields come rooks, pigeons, and stately pheasants, with their glossy feathers shining in the autumn sun. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z An attempt was made once upon a time to prove that rooks can’t count farther than three. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Antiphanes also reckons starlings among the eatable birds, numerating them in the following list—"Honey, partridges, pigeons, ducks, geese, starlings, jays, rooks, blackbirds, quails, and pullets." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z They use also a great deal of material rearranged from the nests of last year—that is, rooks and jackdaws. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z When you can decidedly win, at the odds of a rook given by a first-rate player, you will rank among the chosen few. Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters also, Miseries of Fishing 2011-07-24T02:00:08.580Z But the rooks are busily engaged in the trees of the park, and away yonder at the distant colony in the elms of the meadows. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Perhaps if we went in flocks, and had as much to say for ourselves as those noisy brutes of rooks, we would be more thought of. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z In the grand old trees around, the birds were commencing their morning song of praise, while the heavy rooks were preparing to take their usual flight in search of food. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z Chickens are safer under or near a rookery from this cause: a hawk approaching them would alarm the rooks and be beaten away. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Many persons advise you, when you receive the odds of a rook, always to make exchanges as often as you can, in order to maintain the numerical superiority with which you began. Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters also, Miseries of Fishing 2011-07-24T02:00:08.580Z Walk across a meadow swinging a stick, even humming, and the rooks calmly continue their search for grubs within thirty yards; stop to look at them, and they rise on the wing directly. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The stately elms and beeches, with the rooks' nests lodging in their branches, have been cut down to satisfy the greed of this utilitarian age. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z The next moment I had a vivid view of the village of Tremeirchion and the grassy slopes of the hills of Hirradog, and I seemed to be hovering over the rook woods of Brynbella. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z To appreciate this effort on the part of the old birds, it must be recollected that immediately after the first shot the great mass of the old rooks fly off in alarm. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z He said the old chap had "got on his ear" in Sydney, and that "a couple of spielers had rooked him of his stones." The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Underneath lay a fallow strip, reddish brown amidst the green waves of pasture, and a party of rooks rose cawing above the idle plough. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Three unhackneyed images, from the City of the Soul, I noted as admirable: "The distant rook's faint cawing, harsh and sweet." A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z He's wondering what we'll tell the other members, and for the looks of the thing he won't dare rook Small too badly. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Though rooks usually go in flocks, individuals sometimes get separated, and may be seen flying alone on the way to rejoin their friends. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z If you are using my billiard-table and horses it will keep those fellows off, but mind they don’t rook you.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Woolsonbury stands out like a headland above the dark Danny woods, over which the rooks were wheeling and cawing previous to settling themselves in for the night. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He was ashamed of it, and made some foolish remark about the rooks being a present. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z We had both been rooked by the lumbago trick and we fell to discussing the Colonel and his petty larceny system of picking on the new members. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z If you are walking past a feeding flock, the nearest rook to you will often exhibit a ridiculous indecision as to whether he shall fly or not. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Near it was a rookery, and the rooks lived safe in the high trees, whose trunks were all covered with ivy or moss, and a number of fungusses grew about their large roots. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Soon they will be continually on the wing, playing or fighting with one another, and later the falconer will observe them chasing other birds, as pigeons and rooks, which may be passing by. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A little sadly they entered the parlor, but the blazing fire threw warm gleams on the handsomely set table; and the tempting odors of young hyson, fresh bread, and a rook pie filled the room. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z As I write, the rooks are cawing in the church-yard elms, disputing and chattering like a set of busy prosaic burghers. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z The same idea applies to the other stream of rooks which leaves the wood for the eastward every morning, flying along the downs. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Here the mower never whet his scythe, nor did the haymakers mix their songs with the hoarse croaking of the rooks. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Herons and rooks are always taken by the former method. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z He gave us odds at first of the rook and two pawns, but finally only of a knight. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z It is beautiful in summer in the meadows, at the edge of the pine woods, when the sun brings out the delicious aromatic perfume of the pines, and the birds sing, and the rooks caw. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z It would be necessary to ask the assistance of the proprietors of the nearest rookeries, and beg them for one year to refrain from shooting the young rooks, after the well-known custom. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The traps that he used were designed to catch crows, rooks and jackdaws but were illegal for trapping birds of prey, the court heard. Gamekeeper put live bait in traps 2011-06-13T12:42:12Z Although rooks fly very well, they seek shelter in trees or bushes as soon as possible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z There was no sound in the dim, slumbrous wood, but the far-off sleepy caw of a rook. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The child pushes the kings and queens and rooks and knights and bishops and pawns about at random, and laughs gaily. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z In this way possibly the avenue in question might become stocked with rooks. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The church clock is silent now, but the rooks caw on undisturbed from one spring to another in the Old Kensington suburb. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z They are flown, like the peregrine, at herons and rooks, and in former days were used for kites and hares. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The black rooks are busy in the old oak-trees carrying away the brown acorns one by one in their strong beaks to some open place where, undisturbed, they can feast upon the fruit. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z As regards myself, I had learned to shoot rooks when a boy in Shropshire, and now that I had obtained a gun I was anxious to try my skill. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z After building in an elm for many years—perhaps ever since the owner can remember—rooks will suddenly desert it. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The children could listen to the cawing of the rooks, to the echo of the hours, as they struck on from one day to another, vibrating from the old square tower of the church. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Small birds were flitting about in the hedges, and large flocks of rooks and starlings were feeding in the ploughed fields. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z Does anyone sorrow for the rook, shot, and hung up as a scarecrow? The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z I trow ye have been over busy scaring Saxon rooks from their nests, and preparing yourself a roost in them. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z It may be that the difficulty of finding trees which afford all these necessary conditions is one reason why rooks who settle at a distance from their city seem long before they can please themselves. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The air was heavy with the scent of flowers; from the fields came the caw of rooks, as long flights passed homeward to roost. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z The rooks are coming homeward across the evening sky. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z The bare branches of the tree, were often crowded with cawing rooks, coming from the neighbouring woods, and eagerly watching for a bone or crumb, from the kitchen of the castle. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Here she counters White's slow 4 Qc2?! by fast development, then sacrifices a whole rook to keep the white king in the centre. Judit Polgar wows European championship with mother of displays 2011-04-08T12:42:22Z So that it becomes the rook’s interest to incubate a little in advance of the rest. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The last rook had cawed out its low guttural note, and the last gleam of daylight died off between the thick boughs of the dark trees that pattered lightly overhead, as Thorkell set off afresh. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Then he is rooked by the lord who comes to see him, and by another rascal who fetches and carries for the lord. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z I, said the rook, With my little book, And I'll be the parson. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z May be so; but, as I set out a young pigeon, I'll die an old rook. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z In severe weather a rook will sometimes venture into the courtyard of the farmstead. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The light, falling upon the roosts of the rooks, had set the birds astart, and caused them to commence the utterance of their cheerful cawing. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The rooks, hovering over us eternally, afford very agreeable companionship; and we consider their quiet, though apparently cynical, observations very much to the purpose indeed. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z It is quiet, and stillness itself; no sound but the cawing of the rooks, and the ticking of the clock on the broad old staircase. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Here a white snow of cherry-blossom in some garden; there, close at hand, so that he can look down, far below, upon their rooks' nests, Magdalen's tenderly greening trees. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Returning to these two great streams of rooks, which pour every evening in converging currents from the north and east upon the wood; why do they do this? Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Elephants now join an elite club of social cooperators: chimpanzees, hyenas, rooks, and humans. Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk 2011-03-07T21:32:00Z A great number of rooks and hooded crows were making free with his person;—some picking out his eyes, some his tongue, and some tearing out his bowels. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Even the sound of children's laughter and prattle is never heard there, and little but the solemn caw of the rooks and the baying of the night-dog. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Just opposite was a house almost hidden in clematis, and in the background was a tall row of elm trees amongst the branches of which the rooks were cawing. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Like a prairie it rolls gently away, dotted with hawthorn bushes, here and there a crab tree, and two rows of noble elms, in both of which the rooks are busy in spring. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z "I suppose those birds are rooks," she said. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Le regained the piece and swapped queens into a simple rook ending two pawns up. Leonard Barden on Chess 2011-02-19T00:15:01Z Two rooks cawed to each other from the pine tree nearest our door; and Rose-Marie Schmidt said her morning prayers then and there, still clinging to her shovel. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z The rooks had ceased to caw above his head. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The rook, like other broad-winged birds, often makes much leeway in flying, though there be only a moderate wind. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z When they entered the gates the park lay before them, bathed in sunlight, the rooks cawed lazily in the trees, while the deer regarded them, from their couches in the bracken, with mild, contemplative eyes. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z The rooks, advertising their clumsy flight and semi-human ways, cawed noisily, playing in the gusty wind. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z But the main danger I see is the black king being forced on to the second rank, the white rook delivering a check and – gloom! – there goes the rook and the game. Chess: When one false move is fatal 2011-02-01T08:00:02Z Rooks—real English rooks—were cawing above his head. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z So it is that a rook which looks as if coming straight towards you—as if he must inevitably go overhead—passes some distance to one side. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z From the roof of the old watch-tower, which was still apparently in repair, green grasses were nodding, and rooks were flying in and out of the window openings. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Across one of the more distant fields a flock of sable rooks—some of them fluttering and cawing—wings its slow and melancholy flight. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Defending rook and knight against rook ought to be far easier than rook and bishop against rook. Chess: When one false move is fatal 2011-02-01T08:00:02Z Black might play 1...Rc8, getting his rook on to an open file with tempo, but after 2 Qd3 is he any better? Chess: Smelling the danger 2011-01-25T08:00:07Z A flock of rooks, on rising, occasionally divides into two or more parties. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Sociability.—Animals of many kinds are social; we find even distinct species living together, as with some American monkeys, and with the united flocks of rooks, jackdaws, and starlings. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z A few rooks, hovering in the air and wisely bent on some facetious mischief, send down through the silver haze of the summer morning their sagacious yet melancholy caw. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Round the chapel swept the swallows, pigeons whirled aloft in the cloudless blue sky; from the leafy trees came the cooing of doves, and the cawing of rooks could be heard. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z A solitary rook cawed to us, perched on the vane of the court-house steeple. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z It seems reasonable to suppose that in one way or another the regular flight of the second army of rooks passing down into this district was originally attracted by the trees. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z I wonder if White's idea here is to try to storm the barricades with 1 g4 or maybe play the rook to g1 first? Chess: March of the f-pawn 2011-01-04T08:00:04Z Beyond the church and nunnery, in their peaceful setting of small-leaved Cornish elms, among the branches of which the rooks build above the little rippling stream, are the lovely woods of Carnanton. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Why have we reason to suppose that a bee is a rook? Mr. Punch's Country Life 2010-12-20T17:12:17.723Z RB Wouldn't it be great to get a rook on to the second rank. Russia's golden opportunity 2010-10-26T06:59:00Z It is rare for old rooks to get shot, for the reason above stated: they rise into the air out of reach. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Let's say that Black begins with a standard move such as 1...Qd7 to connect the rooks. Chess: March of the f-pawn 2011-01-04T08:00:04Z After an interesting game, Vujatovic blundered, losing a rook, and he and Short soon resigned. Chess: New Jersey Man Plays Out a Dream 2010-09-26T17:48:00Z Atlanta players jumped on the scorer's table and streamers fell from the Philips Arena rook after the final buzzer. McCoughtry's playoff-record 42 points puts Atlanta in WNBA finals 2010-09-08T02:20:00Z We can't write finis to all this murk as yet, but if you care about dodgy bets and even dodgier money laundering, about thousands of punters potentially rooked, then this wasn't a sting too far. Is the News of the World's phone-hacking really justified? Yes, sometimes 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z The young rooks that escape being shot seem to be fed, or partly fed, by the old birds for some time after they can fly well and follow their parents. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z “He basically threw it at me and said, ‘Here rook, I want that number,” Thomas said. A Jersey Swap Between Jets 2010-08-04T18:38:00Z A tricky problem, even with the clue that White?s first move is with the e4 rook. Leonard Barden on Chess 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z New Caledonian crows form part of the corvid family of birds, which also include crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays and magpies. Triple treat - New Caledonian crows extend tool-using tricks 2010-04-20T23:13:00Z His greatest strength was the endgame where he co-authored a classic book on rook endings, but he could also deal with opening surprises. Leonard Barden on Chess 2010-04-02T23:15:00Z Why, to go still further, do rooks manoeuvre in such immense numbers, and crows fly only in pairs? Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z By such films the colours of certain beetles, and of the wings of certain insects, may be accurately imitated; and a rook's feather may be made to shine with magnificent iridescences. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. To one and all of his opponents, except these gentlemen, he could give the rook; and playing at odds is somewhat different from contending with even players. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion Elsewhere, though, we find that "The rook said to the raven, Stand aside, blackamoor"—an ornithological version of the same derisive spirit that led to the jeering pot calling the kettle black. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources The difficulty lies in the selection; for, if I am able to appreciate the beauty of woman, thou wilt have to choose between a crow and a rook. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Without doubt, if we could trace that history back there are good and sufficient reasons why rooks prefer to fly in this particular locality, to the east and to the north. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The stillness was complete around, only broken by the cawing of a colony of rooks amongst some distant elms. A Little World Another peculiarity of his was, that, no matter what the strength of his opponent might be—queen, rook, knight, or pawn player—he never would give any odds. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion About the size of a rook, its most obvious peculiarity is the long reptilian tail, composed of 20 vertebrae and not ending in a pygostyle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" It was from him, for instance, that I got the idea of the rook's feather, while the jackdaws, chunnering to themselves up above and occasionally descending to peck, did the rest. Deep Moat Grange To the rooks their trees are their hills, giving security from enemies. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Some species of these were quite small, the size of a rook: one large species found in the Isle of Wight had a spread of wing of 16 feet. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight In New Orleans, he did not engage even players, or any, in fact, but such as he gave the knight, and much more frequently, the rook. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion But if when anyone died, Came keeners hoarser than rooks, He bade them give over their keening, For he was a man of books. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry It's a rook's wing feather; but, true as truth, it was sticking out of the daw behind, like the tail of a comet. Deep Moat Grange Occasionally two or three rooks may be seen doing this at once, while the rest whirl about as if possessed; and those that are diving utter a gurgling sound like the usual cawk prolonged—‘caw-wouk.’ Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The hymn was sung: the choir boys twittered again like sparrows, and, bowing their greetings to one another, the dons cawed gravely like rooks. Sinister Street, vol. 2 But, in process of administering the coup de grace, Morphy's feverish state told upon him, and he committed an oversight which lost him a rook, when within a move or two of winning. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion The weather will be fine when the rooks play pitch-halfpenny—i.e. when, flying in flocks, some of them stoop down and pick up worms, imitating the action of a boy playing pitch-halfpenny. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations You see, the daw was with the rooks scratchin' about in a plowed field near the ellums, and it might have come from anywhere. Deep Moat Grange On September 21 of last year the rooks were soaring and diving; they continued to do this several days in succession. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In Westmoreland, England, there were, some years ago, two groves adjoining a park, one of which, for many years, had been the resort of a number of herons; the other was occupied by rooks. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Harrwitz picked off the unfortunate rook with the utmost nonchalance, as though it were the result of his own combinations, and actually told me afterwards, "Oh, the game was a drawn one throughout." The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion "There are plenty of funny holes worn in the rook along this coast," I replied. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne I got 'un off the tail of a jackdaw when I was thinnin' out them rooks up at our old ellums by the hall. Deep Moat Grange I think the same thing happens with rooks. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The rooks made an obstinate resistance; but after a very violent contest, in which the herons finally triumphed, they built their nests and reared their young. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom At the London Divan some months since he astonished the spectators by breaking one of the pawns, when he immediately cried out—"Oh, that's nothing; I break the rooks in Paris." The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion "I am aware of my obligations as a guest," Willoughby retorted, "but they do not include allowing myself to be rooked at cards." The Land of Strong Men For one instant her eyes flashed, and I felt sure she was going to say: "Take your caws and crows and rooks, and get them to go with you!" Deep Moat Grange No hawk will attempt to approach a rookery—the rooks would attack him en masse and easily put him to flight. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The loud cawing of the rooks as they hastened homeward filled the air, but he never once lifted his head to watch them! Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) His antagonists were mainly rook or rook and knight players, Signor Pr�ti, the weakest of Morphy's blindfold opponents, being incomparably the strongest. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion If he's a dark horse he might rook me at billiards or bridge. A Traitor's Wooing "Why, this, Master Joe!" he said, holding out something that looked like a rook's feather, but smaller and with a thicker quick. Deep Moat Grange During such a gale a rook may often be seen struggling to get over a row of trees, and stationary, though using his wings vigorously, suspended a little way above the topmost branches. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z High vaults the thirsty bow; in wide array The clamorous rooks from every pasture rise With serried wings. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Imagine in a mountain’s side a deep, broad ravine, adorned with fine trees, and harmonious with the cawing of rooks and yellow-beaked crows, and the amusing chattering of magpies. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Now a flight of homing rooks streamed across the sky. Shadows of Flames A Novel The fact of their being still nutritious is not lost on the sagacious rook. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Thirdly, if the inquiry be carried still farther back, it is possible that the line taken by the rooks indicates the line of the first clearings in very early days. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z My dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight! The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes They're jollier than ever, and do you see those rooks farther down the field? Plashers Mead A Novel It was a rackety, tumble-down old concern, with rattling windows, rooks, and rats, pretty much like this; and, what between my duns and Corny Delany, I very often think I am back there again. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The rook is not found, but the common crow and one or two other kinds are there during the summer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The clearing away of trees and underwood, by opening the ground and rendering it accessible, must be very attractive to birds, and rooks are particularly fond of following the plough. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z I hear the cawing of the rooks from out the dark shadows. Windyridge The carrier turned his horse; and when the sound of the wagonette had died away there was silence except where the stream lapped against the barge and where very far off some rooks were cawing. Plashers Mead A Novel It was a morning of moist winds and rich November sunlight, of pattering leaves and topaz lights, full of sea-gulls' wings and the cawing of rooks. Carnival She looked about and above, down each of our dusky avenues and up at our gilded tree-tops and our painted sky, where, at the moment, the passage of a flight of rooks made a clamour. The Sacred Fount One or all of these suggestions may perhaps account for the course followed by the rooks. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The cawing of the rooks is a shade more mournful than usual, and the grey smoke from the stacks above my head floats languidly on the heavy air. Windyridge Above him the rooks had poured out of their nests and were calling to each other. International Short Stories English Jenny could not bear to see these relations cawing like rooks in a domestic parliament. Carnival Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng. Dürer Artist-Biographies |
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