dram

¹

[ dram ]

noun

1. Measurements.
   1. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
   2. 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). : dr., dr
2. fluid dram.
3. a small drink of liquor.
4. a small quantity of anything.

verb (used without object)

, drammed, dram·ming.

1. Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.

verb (used with object)

, drammed, dram·ming.

1. Archaic. to ply with drink.

DRAM

²

[ dee-ram ]

abbreviation for

, Computers.

1. dynamic RAM.

DRAM

¹

/ ˈdiːræm /

acronym for

1. dynamic random access memory: a widely used type of random access memory See RAM 1

noun

1. a chip containing such a memory

dram

²

/ dræm /

noun

1. one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram
2. Also calleddrachmdrachma one eighth of an apothecaries' ounce; 60 grains. 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0039 kilogram
3. a small amount of an alcoholic drink, esp a spirit; tot
4. the standard monetary unit of Armenia, divided into 100 lumas

Other Words From

• half-dram adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dram¹

1400–50; late Middle English dramme, assimilated variant of dragme < Old French < Late Latin dragma, Latin drachma drachma

Word History and Origins

Origin of dram¹

C15: from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Greek drakhmē; see drachma

Example Sentences

The Hakushu 12 was a little peaty and nutty, the kind of dram I want to unwind with after a fine restaurant meal.

From The Daily Beast

The umpires, having partaken of a dram, shook hands and departed, as they had to drive out of town that night.

From Project Gutenberg

A grave-digger was carrying one of these deceased angels to the churchyard, when he stept into a tavern to take a dram.

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They must have a dram together in a stall removed from the congregation of steaming men at the long bar.

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What avails the dram of brandy while it swims chemically united with its barrel of wort?

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Morsfield poured out for the injured countess or no-countess a dram of the brandy of passion, under the breath.

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