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thejackbauer
thejackbauer
Aug 25, 2010
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Bird?

Definition of ROOK

: a common Old World gregarious crow (Corvus frugilegus) that nests and roosts in usually treetop colonies
TheOldReb
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Aug 25, 2010
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Crows..... they are smart birds and live longer than people. I spent time hunting them as a youngster for the bounties on them.

Dragec
Dragec
Aug 25, 2010
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Croatian for rook (chess) is "top" = cannon , some also call it "kula" = "tower".

machinecraig
machinecraig
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Aug 25, 2010
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It's also a pretty fun card game.

artfizz
artfizz
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Aug 25, 2010
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"The eagle may soar, but the weasel never gets sucked into a jet engine."
bobbyDK
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Aug 25, 2010
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Dragec wrote:

Croatian for rook (chess) is "top" = cannon , some also call it "kula" = "tower".

 in danish the Rook is called "tårn" which also = "tower"

bobbyDK
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Aug 25, 2010
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on this chess site you can read the different chess pieces are called in a lot of countries. in the The name of the chess pieces across the world section.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_Chess

cornbeefhashvili
cornbeefhashvili
Jul 10, 2014
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In Chinese it means "to see" or "search".

Pat_Zerr
Pat_Zerr
Jul 10, 2014
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cornbeefhashvili wrote:

In Chinese it means "to see" or "search".

Lol...