About The Word Dram
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Dram
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Dram: ace | atom | beverage | bit | bumper | carat | centigram | crumb | dab | dash | decagram | decigram | dole | dollop | dose | dot | draft | dram avoirdupois | drench | dribble | driblet | drink | drop | dwarf | dyne | farthing | finger | fleck | flyspeck | force | fragment | gargle | gobbet | grain | gram | granule | groat | gulp | guzzle | hair | handful | hoot | hundredweight | iota | jigger | jolt | jot | kilo | kilogram | lap | libation | little | little bit | lota | mass | megaton | milligram | minim | minimum | minutiae | mite | modicum | mole | molecule | mote | nip | nutshell | ounce | ounce avoirdupois | ounce troy | particle | pebble | peg | pennyweight | pinch | pittance | point | portion | potation | potion | pound | pound avoirdupois | pound troy | poundal | pull | quaff | quick one | round | round of drinks | scruple | shot | shred | sip | slug | slurp | smidgen | smitch | snack | snifter | snort | speck | splash | spoonful | spot | stone | suck | sup | swig | swill | thimbleful | tiny bit | tittle | ton | tot | trifling amount | trivia | units of weight | weight | wet | whit 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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