Definitions for: Dram

[n] 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
[n] a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Dram, v. i. & t.
To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] --Johnson.
--Thackeray.

Synonyms: drachm, drachma

See Also: apothecaries' ounce, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, avoirdupois unit, grain, ounce, oz., scruple, troy ounce

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