23 May 2015

dram

[dram]

noun
1. Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries’ weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams).
Abbreviation: dr., dr.
2. fluid dram.
3. a small drink of liquor.
4. a small quantity of anything.
verb (used without object), drammed, dramming.
5. Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.
verb (used with object), drammed, dramming.
6. Archaic. to ply with drink.

Origin of dram
late Middle English Old French, Late Latin, Latin
1400-1450; late Middle English dramme, assimilated variant of dragme < Old French < Late Latin dragma, Latin drachma drachma

Related forms
half-dram, adjective, noun

DRAM

[dee-ram]

Computers.
1. dynamic RAM.

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Examples from the web for dram

– The Hakushu 12 was a little peaty and nutty, the kind of dram I want to unwind with after a fine restaurant meal.
(Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise Kayleigh Kulp November 15, 2014)

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