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Webster 1913 Edition
Dram
Dram
(drăm)
, Noun.
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
; hence, a potation or potion; dram
of brandyas, a
. dram
of poisonShak.
Dram
,Verb.
I.
& T.
To drink drams; to ply with drams.
[Low]
Johnson.
Thackeray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dram
DRAM
,Noun.
1.
Among druggists and physicians, a weight of the eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains. In avoirdupois weight, the sixteenth part of an ounce.2.
A small quantity; as no dram of judgment.3.
As much spirituous liquor as is drank at once; as a dram of brandy. Drams are the slow poison of life.4.
Spirit; distilled liquor.DRAM
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
Dram
dram
dram
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɹæm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Alternative forms
Noun
dram (plural drams)
- A unit of weight avoirdupois,
- Alternative form of drachm (one eighth of the ounce apoth.).
- A minute quantity; a mite.
- Milton
- Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
- Milton
- A small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
- a dram of brandy
- a dram of poison
- A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- A Persian daric.
- The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
- They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]
- The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
Synonyms
Derived terms
- angel's dram
- dram shop liability
Translations
drachm — see drachm
minute quantity
small quantity of an alcoholic drink
Verb
dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)
- (dated) To drink drams.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)
- (dated) To ply with drams of drink.
Etymology 2
From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).
Noun
dram (plural drams)
Translations
currency unit of Armenia
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From drachme (“old unit of measurement, about 3.7 g”), from Late Latin dragma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”)
Noun
dram c (singular definite drammen, plural indefinite dramme or drammer)
- dram (a small quantity of an alcoholic drink)
Inflection
Inflection of dram
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Verb
dram