See also:

• FARO
• FARO (from Pharaoh, a picture of the Egypidan king appearing on a card of the old French pack)

FARO (from See also:

• PHARAOH (Par'oh)

Pharaoh, a picture of the Egypidan See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king appearing on a card of the old See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack)  , a gam of See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards, played with a full See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack . Originally the pack was held in the dealer's See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, but nowadays very elaborate and expensive implements are used . The dealer places the pack, after shuffling and cutting, in a dealing-12oa fact: upwards, and the cards are taken from the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of,the See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box in couples through.a slit in the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . The exposed 'card on top is called soda, and the last card left in the box is in hoc . The implements include counters of various See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours and values, a 04,41g-box, a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case or See also:

• FRAME

frame manipulated by a " case-keeper," upon which the cards already played are arranged in sight, a shuffling-See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, and See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score-sheets for the players . UTpon the table is the " See also:

• LAY

lay-out," a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete suit of spades, enamelled on See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, upon or near which to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place the stakes . The dealer takes two cards from the box, placing the first one near it and the second See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close beside it, Each See also:

• DEAL

deal of two cards is called a turn, and there are twenty-five such,, soda and See also:

• HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, tongue of land, seen in place names, e.g. Morthoe, Luton Hoo, the Hoe at Plymouth, &c. ; this is t
• HOE, RICHARD MARCH (1812-1886)

hoe not counting . The players Make upon any ca,rtl they please, or in such manner as to take in several cards,, reducing the amount, but increasing the chances, of winning, as at See also:

• ROULETTE

roulette . The dealer, having waved the hand, after which no more bets may be made, deals the turn, and then proceeds to gather in the stakes, won by him, and to pay those he has lost . The chances as between dealer and punters, or players, are equal, excel,,t that the banker wins, l;zalf the See also:

• MONEY

money staked on the cards ',,f a turn should they See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance to be alike . See also:

• FARO
• FARO (from Pharaoh, a picture of the Egypidan king appearing on a card of the old French pack)

Faro is played considr.,rably in parts of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, whither it is said to ha „,e been taken from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where it had a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue during the reignof See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV . Owing to the dishonest methods of many gambling " clubs " the See also:

• GAME

game is in disrepute .