Found 2 items, similar to Dram.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dram dram n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: drachm, drachma] 2: 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams 3: the basic unit of money in Armenia
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dram Dram \Dram\ (dr[a^]m), n. [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma, drachm, drachma, fr. Gr. drachmh`, prop., a handful, fr. dra`ssesqai 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A minute quantity; a mite. [1913 Webster] Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as mush the forcible hindrance of evildoing. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. (Numis.) A Persian daric. --Ezra ii. 69. [1913 Webster] Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. See under Fluid. [1913 Webster] Dram \Dram\, v. i. & t. To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] --Johnson. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]