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Look up: Faro

  1. Faro
    Faro is an old gambling card game, possibly of Italian origin.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Faro
    Faro is the Capital of Algarve province, Portugal.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Faro
    Faro is astyle of Belgian beer. It is a weak lambic sweetened with sugar.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. faro
    [n] - a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. faro
    a sweetened young lambic, or a young lambic served with sugar that can be added 'to taste'
    Found on http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/glossary.ht

  6. 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 which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank , the capital which the proprietor of a faro table ventures in the game; als ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/9

  7. faro
    noun a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Faro
    `Faro` may refer to several `locations`: *Faro, Portugal, a city in southern Portugal. *Faro (district), in Portugal, usually known as Algarve. *Faro, Yukon, Canada. *Faro, Spain, a parish in Lugo, Spain. *Punta del Faro, the northeastern point of Sicily. `Faro` may also refer to: *Faro (card game). *Faro (mythology), a god in Mande mythology. *Faro Technologies, Inc.. *Faro, a type of lambic (Belgian beer). The most popular commercial beer of t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faro

  9. 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. 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 ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/10

  11. 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]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/10

  12. 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!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Faro

  13. 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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  14. 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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A081


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