drachm

¹ American  

[dram] / dræm /

noun

British.

1. a dram in apothecaries' and troy weights, and sometimes in avoirdupois weights.

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drachm ² American  

[dram] / dræm /

noun

1. drachma.

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drachm British  

/ dræm /

noun

1. Also called: fluid dram.  one eighth of a fluid ounce

2. another name for dram

3. another name for drachma

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Etymology

Origin of drachm

Learned spelling of dram

Example Sentences

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drachm

The government also lengthens the yard* and lightens the pound to conform to international standards, and in five years it will also abolish pennyweight, scruple and drachm.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ancient symbols for ounce and drachm are nearly alike, and fatal over doses have resulted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gave her one-half drachm Gaultheria and requested her to take twenty drops in two hours if pain and soreness was not relieved.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

At daybreak my wife awoke me, saying, "Go, and sell the basket at any price you can get for it, were it only half a drachm."

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia

Dram or drachm; i, one dram; ij, two drams; ss, half a dram; iss, a dram and a half.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various