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Definition of Carobs
1. carob [n] - See also: carob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carobs
Literary usage of Carobs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"Fresh carobs" are unwholesome to the stomach, and relaxing to the bowels ;M in
a dried state, however, they are astringent, and are much more beneficial to ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1901)
"'carobs of the sea' [Syr. Curet. ]). 5 The prodigal son, when reduced to tend
the swine of a Gentile, would fain have kept off hunger with ' the husks that ..."
3. The History and Description of Africa: And of the Notable Things Therein by Robert Brown, John Pory, Leo (1896)
"... wherein grow great store of carobs, which the inhabitants vse for an ordinarie
kinde of foode : for they haue great want of barly. ..."
4. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud by Michael Levi Rodkinson (1903)
"It is certain to me that he does not acquire title to other carobs; but I doubt
whether he acquires title to the half of the carob in question ? ..."
5. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1903)
"It is certain to me that he does not acquire title to other carobs; but I doubt
whether he acquires title to the half of the carob in question ? ..."
6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"... and a few Alnus orienta around the villages are walnuts, almonds, carobs,
olives, oranges, and figs ; while nearer the coast there is a large expanse of ..."
7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... and nutritive value a little higher than oats; it is estimated that 147.5
kilos of carobs equals 100 kilos of wheat (a kilo is nearly 2J4 pounds). ..."
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