DRAM
\dɹˈam], \dɹˈam], \d_ɹ_ˈa_m]\
Definitions of DRAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A minute quantity; a mite.
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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.
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A Persian daric.
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To drink drams; to ply with drams.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A minute quantity; a mite.
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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.
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A Persian daric.
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To drink drams; to ply with drams.
By Noah Webster.
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One-eighth of an ounce troy, and one-sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois; a small quantity of spirituous liquor. Also, drachm.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Drachm, a unit of weight; 1/8 ounce, 60 grains, apothecaries' weight; 1/16 ounce, 27.34 grains, avoirdupois weight.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A contraction of DRACHM; 1-16th of an oz. avoirdupois: formerly, with apothecaries, 1/8th of an oz.: as much raw spirits as is drunk at once.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The eighth part of an ounce, or 60 grains in apothecary's weight; the sixteenth part of an ounce in avoirdupois; a small quantity; as much spirituous liquor as is drunk at once; spirit; distilled liquors.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One eighth part of an ounce apothecaries weight; one sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois; a small quantity; a small glass of spirits to be drunk at once.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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