Dram \Dram\ (dr[a^]m), n. [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma,
drachm, drachma, fr. Gr. drachmh`, prop., a handful, fr.
dra`ssesqai to grasp. Cf. Drachm, Drachma.]
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.
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2. A minute quantity; a mite.
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Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be
preferred before many times as mush the forcible
hindrance of evildoing. --Milton.
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3. 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. --Shak.
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4. (Numis.) A Persian daric. --Ezra ii. 69.
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Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. See under Fluid.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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120 Moby Thesaurus words for "dram":
ace, atom, beverage, bit, bumper, carat, centigram, crumb, dab,
dash, decagram, decigram, dole, dollop, dose, dot, draft,
dram avoirdupois, drench, dribble, driblet, drink, drop, dwarf,
dyne, farthing, finger, fleck, flyspeck, force, fragment, gargle,
gobbet, grain, gram, granule, groat, gulp, guzzle, hair, handful,
hoot, hundredweight, iota, jigger, jolt, jot, kilo, kilogram, lap,
libation, little, little bit, lota, mass, megaton, milligram,
minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, mole, molecule, mote, nip,
nutshell, ounce, ounce avoirdupois, ounce troy, particle, pebble,
peg, pennyweight, pinch, pittance, point, portion, potation,
potion, pound, pound avoirdupois, pound troy, poundal, pull, quaff,
quick one, round, round of drinks, scruple, shot, shred, sip, slug,
slurp, smidgen, smitch, snack, snifter, snort, speck, splash,
spoonful, spot, stone, suck, sup, swig, swill, thimbleful,
tiny bit, tittle, ton, tot, trifling amount, trivia,
units of weight, weight, wet, whit
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dram \Dram\, n. [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma, drachm,
drachma, fr. Gr. ?, prop., a handful, fr. ? to grasp. Cf.
Drachm, Drachma.]
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 dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram
of poison. --Shak.
4. (Numis.) A Persian daric. --Ezra ii. 69.
Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. See under Fluid.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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