ROOKERY
\ɹˈʊkəɹi], \ɹˈʊkəɹi], \ɹ_ˈʊ_k_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of ROOKERY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.
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A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
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The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
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A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
By Oddity Software
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The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.
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A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
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The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
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A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
By Noah Webster.
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A place where many rooks, or crowlike birds, gather and build their nests; a colony of rooks or crowlike birds; a place where other birds or animals, as seagulls or seals, gather and breed; a building falling to ruin through neglect, or a group of such buildings, occupied by many people of dubious cha acter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Collection of rooks nests.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald