Look up: Faro

1. Faro
   The Faro was a Portuguese fishery protection vessel of 300 tons displacement launched in 1927. The Faro was powered by one Yarrow boiler providing a top speed of 13 knots and a range of 3200 km at 7.5 knots. She carried a complement of 55 and was armed with two 47 mm guns.
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2. faro
   [n] - a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
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3. faro
   a sweetened young lambic, or a young lambic served with sugar that can be added 'to taste'
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4. Faro
   Far'o noun [ Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.] A gambling game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in whi...
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5. faro
   noun a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
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6. Faro
   • (n.) 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.
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7. Faro
   southernmost city of Portugal, lying on the Atlantic coast near Cape Santa Maria. Held by the Moors from early in the 8th century until 1249, when it ...
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8. faro
   one of the oldest gambling games played with cards, supposedly named from the picture of a pharaoh on certain French playing cards. A favourite of ... [1 related articles]
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9. Faro
   Faro is a Spanish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Reference to the card game faro.` The name Faro doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Faro seems to be unique!
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10. faro
    faro (fâr'ō) [for Pharaoh, from an old French card design], gambling game played with a pack of 52 cards. First played in France and England, faro was especially popular in U.S. gambling houses in the 19th cent. Players bet against a banker (dealer), who draws two cards–one that...
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11. Faro
    Faro (fä'rō) , town (1991 pop. 31,966), capital of Faro dist. and of Algarve, S Portugal. The southernmost town in Portugal, it is a seaport from which fish, fruit (especially dried figs), wine, and cork are exported. Tourism now dominates the economy. Important under the Moors, it wa...
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12. Faro
    Faro is an old gambling card game, possibly of Italian origin.
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13. Faro
    Faro is a style of Belgian beer. It is a weak lambic sweetened with sugar.
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14. Faro
    (card game) `Faro`, Pharaoh, or Farobank, is a late 17th century French gambling card game descendant of basset, and belongs to the lansquenet and Monte Bank family of games, in that it is played between a banker and several players winning or losing according to the cards turne...
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