horse-bean

The stones used for this purpose are to be of the size of a horse-bean, or thereabouts; and the pilgrims are advised to collect them in the plain of

Travels in Arabia 2003

She has one ulcer on the outer ankle of the size of a shilling, and another behind it of the size of a horse-bean; they have been extremely troublesome and under surgical treatment for the last year, but during the last few weeks she has tried cerate, poultice, and the cold lotion.

An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers John Higginbottom

In size the necrotic portion thus recognisable varies from the tiniest speck to a portion the size of a horse-bean.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

-- Carefully shell the peas; then place them in the canister, not too large ones; put in a small piece of alum, about the size of a horse-bean to a pint of peas.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs

Mr. Draper, aged 50, had a small irritable ulcer of the size of a horse-bean, upon the shin, of a month's duration, with surrounding inflammation to the extent of several inches.

An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers John Higginbottom

Beans (II Kings, xvii, 28; Ezech., iv, 9), the horse-bean (Faba vulgaris; cf.Heb. pol and Arab. ful), an ordinary article of food, extensively cultivated in the East.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

I've never seed such splendid large knobs of fat before in the days of my life -- they never used to be bigger then a horse-bean.

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

Vast fields of wheat, oats, English beans, and the horse-bean, with hops, are the produce of the country through which we passed, which is cultivated like a garden down to the very edge of the road, and what surprised me was that very little was enclosed within fences.

Letters of Mrs. Adams 1840

The wood-strawberry is seldom larger than a horse-bean, of a brilliant red, and the flesh whiter than that of any cultivated species; the flavour is remarkably clear and full -- a pleasant subacid, with more of the peculiar strawberry perfume in the taste than any other.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Various 1836

In the bed of the river, which was here broad and sandy, a bean was gathered, bearing racemes of pink blossoms, and spreading its long slender stem over the ground, or twining it round shrubs and trees: its pods were from three to five inches long, and about half an inch broad, containing from four to six seeds, very similar to the horse-bean.

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830