Crossword clues for taroc
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tarot \Tar"ot\, n. [F.; cf. It. tarocco.]
A game of cards; -- called also taroc.
--Hoyle.any of a set of 22 playing cards which bear allegorical images representing various objects or influences affecting human life, and widely used in fortunetelling; they are also used as trumps in the game of taroc. Various images are used by different artists to represent the themes of each card.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, name of an old card game of Italy, Austria, etc., played originally with a 78-card deck that includes four suits, four face-cards each, plus the tarot cards as trumps; from Old Italian tarocchi (plural); see tarot.
Usage examples of "taroc".
The men gave their names as Ilassa and Taroc, the latter the fallen one.
As he went down, Taroc came to life, though Sisipher knew now that something was frightfully wrong with him.
It struck with such force that Taroc staggered back, dropping to his knees.
Guile wanted to scream, so deep was his terror, but he could see that Taroc might not die.
It may be the blood of the man Taroc, the evil one, who sent Ilassa over the edge, or it may be the blood of a Deliverer spilled in the fight.
As the horsemen arrived, the creature that Taroc had become withdrew into the lair, as if it had fulfilled its purpose in trapping the Earthwrought.
He gave men orders to flush out and destroy Taroc, and they readied torches for the grisly work.
He came upon them by night when they rested briefly in the borderlands of Strangarth's kingdom, and with Taroc were other creatures that Kirrikree cannot describe.
When he learned of the death of Taroc, and how Ygromm's folk had saved Ilassa, he prepared a hundred of his best men.
Brighter, maybe—I have no doubt he could give you a good battle at taroc, and that's one game I have no gift for.