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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.