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Definition dram

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French drame, variant of dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (drakhm?, “unit of weight; a handful”).

Noun

dram (plural drams)

1. (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
   1. One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g).
   2. (pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“? ounce apothecary (3.89 g) (symbol: ?)”).
   3. (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
   4. (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
2. Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
3. (historical) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
4. (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.

Verb

dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)

1. (dated, intransitive) To drink drams.
2. (dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.

Etymology 2

From Armenian ???? (dram), from Middle Persian ????‎ (drahm), from Ancient Greek ?????? (drakhm?, “unit of weight, a handful”), from ????????? (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).

Noun

dram (plural drams)

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

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