DRAM

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

Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (small amount of something): mite, smidge, smidgeon, bit, pinch

• (small amount of alcohol): nip, shot, slug, snifter, tot

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

dram (plural drams)

(numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

Anagrams

• AMDR, Adm'r, RADM, RAdm, arm'd, mard

Noun

DRAM (countable and uncountable, plural DRAMs)

(electronics) Dynamic random access memory.

Anagrams

• 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