FARO

faro

(noun) a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

faro (uncountable)

(card games) A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Faro

A city in Portugal

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Faro

A municipality of Pará, Brazil.

A department in North Province, Cameroon.

A town in central Yukon, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township, Madison County, Missouri, United States.

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora

Source: Wiktionary

Far"o, n. Etym: [Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.]

Definition: A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition