About The Word Faro

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Faro to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Faro definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Faro

Faro Meaning & Definition
Faro Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Faro?

[n] a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

Synonyms | Synonyms for Faro:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Faro:

See Also | card game | cards

Faro In Webster's Dictionary

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

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Compliant ‐ disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental…
  • Hafnium ‐ a gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium…
  • Wintertime ‐ the coldest season…
  • Execution of instrument ‐ (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract…
  • Insight ‐ grasping the inner nature of things intuitively [n] clear or…
  • Festoonery ‐ flower chains suspended in loops…
  • Intermeshed ‐ caught as if in a mesh; "enmeshed in financial difficulties"…
  • Scratch ‐ an indication of damage [n] poor handwriting [n] a harsh noise…
  • English hawthorn ‐ thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of…
  • Graphical ‐ written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols" [adj] relating…