dram
(noun) the basic unit of money in Armenia
dram
(noun) 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
dram, drachm, drachma
(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dram (plural drams)
(units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g).
(pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“1/8 ounce apothecary (3.89 g) (symbol: ℨ)”).
(now uncommon) synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
(obsolete) synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
(historical) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
(obsolete) synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
• (small amount of something): mite, smidge, smidgeon, bit, pinch
• (small amount of alcohol): nip, shot, slug, snifter, tot
dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)
(dated, intransitive) To drink drams.
(dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.
dram (plural drams)
(numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
• AMDR, Adm'r, RADM, RAdm, arm'd, mard
DRAM (countable and uncountable, plural DRAMs)
(electronics) Dynamic random access memory.
• AMDR, Adm'r, RADM, RAdm, arm'd, mard
Source: Wiktionary
Dram, n. Etym: [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma, drachm, drachma, fr. Gr. Drachm, Drachma.]
1. A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
2. A minute quantity; a mite. Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as mush the forcible hindrance of evildoing. Milton.
3. As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison. Shak.
4. (Numis.)
Definition: A Persian daric. Ezra ii. 69. Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. See under Fluid.
Dram, v. i. & t.
Definition: To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] Johnson. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
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