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- 1 A small unit of weight, variously:; Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”). alt-of, alternative
- 2 The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
- 3 Initialism of dynamic random access memory. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 4 the basic unit of money in Armenia wordnet
- 5 A small unit of weight, variously:; Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”). alt-of, alternative
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- 6 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams wordnet
- 7 A small unit of weight, variously:; Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g). uncommon
"Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔)."
- 8 a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains wordnet
- 9 A small unit of weight, variously:; Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g). obsolete
- 10 Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison. broadly
"a dram of brandy"
- 11 A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines. historical
"The rolling stock, consisting entirely of four-wheel open trucks, or drams, was broken up at Bonvilles Court Colliery."
- 12 Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins. obsolete
"They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]"
- 1 To drink drams. dated, intransitive
"What I contend against is, this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day. There are some men who take a glass at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and at four in the afternoon."
- 2 To ply with drams of drink. dated, transitive
"The parents[…]are getting ready their daughter for sale[…]praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her."
Etymology
From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.
From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.
From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn /drahm/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).
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