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‖ noir, a.|nwar|
[F. noir.]
1. Heraldry. Black. rare.
1871Tennyson Last Tourn. 433 A shield Showing a shower of blood in a field noir.
2. a. The black numbers in the game of roulette.
1850Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 348 The other chances are also designated on the green cloth.., ‘le pair, le passe, et le noir’. 1928M. Carol How to play Roulette ii. 21 Among other divisions, or spaces for the stakes, you will find Passe, Pair, Manque, Impair, Noir, Rouge. 1939T. King Twenty-one Games to play for Money 31 Even chances are given when a stake is placed on:..Noir, meaning any black number that turns up. 1964A. Wykes Gambling ix. 215 The European betting table is divided into six areas labelled pair, impair, passe, manque, rouge, and noir (even, odd, high, low, red, black). 1971P. O'Neil-Dunne Roulette for Millions iv. 36 You may be regarded as socially inferior in French casinos, if you do not understand the following French expressions: Rouge: Red Noir: Black Impair: Odds [etc.].
b. The black colour in the game of rouge et noir (cf. rouge et noir s.v. rouge n.1 4).
1850Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 343 The first parcel of cards played, is usually for noir, the second for rouge. 1850[see inverse n. 3]. 1928M. Carol How to play Roulette iv. 56 The even money chances are Rouge or Red, Noir or Black, Coleur [sic] and Inverse. 1964A. Wykes Gambling vii. 171 (caption) The dealer lays out two rows of cards (le noir and le rouge) until each totals 31 or more. Players bet that one or the other row will be nearer to 31 by placing chips on rouge or on noir. |