\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.