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Dram

Dram Meaning & Definition
Dram Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dram?

[n] 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
[n] a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dram: drachm | drachma

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See Also | apothecaries' ounce | apothecaries' unit | apothecaries' weight | avoirdupois unit | grain | ounce | oz. | scruple | troy ounce

Dram In Webster's Dictionary

\Dram\, n. [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma, drachm, drachma, fr. Gr. ?, prop., a handful, fr. ? to grasp. Cf. {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.) A Persian daric. --Ezra ii. 69. {Fluid dram}, or {Fluid drachm}. See under {Fluid}.
\Dram\, v. i. & t. To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] --Johnson. --Thackeray.

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