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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 dose varies from a scruple to half a drachm.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

Tuesday, July 11th, I began with thirty drops at 9 o'clock a.m., and increased the dose five drops each hour till I reached one drachm, and took three doses of one drachm each.

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

The good knight was extremely afflicted, and would have given an ounce of silver for a drachm of green silk; green silk, I say, because his stockings were green.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra