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dram

  [dram] noun, verb, drammed, dram⋅ming.
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–noun
1. Measurements.
a. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 ounce (3.89 grams).
b. 1/16 ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr
2. fluid dram.
3. a small drink of liquor.
4. a small quantity of anything.
–verb (used without object)
5. Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.
–verb (used with object)
6. Archaic. to ply with drink.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME dramme, assimilated var. of dragme < OF < LL dragma, L drachma drachma
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dram 
c.1373, from Anglo-L. dragma, from L.L. dragma, from L. drachma "drachma," from Gk. drakhma "measure of weight," also, "silver coin," lit. "handful" (of six obols, the least valuable coins in ancient Greece), akin to drassesthai "to grasp." The fluid dram is one-eighth of a fluid ounce, hence "a small drink of liquor" (1713).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dram
Variant: also drachm /'dram/
Function: noun
1 : either of two units of weight: a : an avoirdupoisunit equal to 1.772 grams or 27.344 grains b : a unit of apothecaries' weight equal to 3.888 grams or 60 grains
2 : FLUID DRAM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

dram (drām)
n.
Abbr. dr

  1. A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System equal to 1/16 of an ounce or 27.34 grains (1.77 grams). Also called drachm.

  2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 1/8 of an ounce or 60 grains (3.89 grams).

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