Rooky adj. Misty; gloomy. (Obs.) "Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood." Note: Some make this Shakespearean word mean "abounding in rooks."
... White City and training was concluded at St. Albans, where I was drafted into the 1st Battalion. In my spare time I wrote several articles dealing with the life of the soldier from the stage of raw "rooky" to that of finished fighter. These I now publish in book form, and trust that they may interest men who have joined the colours or who intend to take up the profession of arms and become members of the great brotherhood ... — The Amateur Army • Patrick MacGill
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