Dram Definition

drăm
drams
noun
drams
A unit of weight, equal to18 ounce apothecaries' or 3 scruples (3.888 grams)
Webster's New World
A unit of weight, equal to116 ounce avoirdupois or 27.3437 grains (1.772 grams)
Webster's New World
A small draft.
Took a dram of brandy.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A small drink of alcoholic liquor.
Webster's New World
verb

(dated) To drink drams.

Wiktionary

(dated) To ply with drams of drink.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Dram

Noun

Singular:
dram
Plural:
drams

Origin of Dram

  • From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmē, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drassomai, “I hold, seize”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmē, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drassomai, “I hold, seize”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English dragme a drachma, a unit of weight from Old French from Late Latin dragma from Latin drachma drachma

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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