Dram
41dram — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dragme, from Anglo French & Late Latin; Anglo French, dram, drachma, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Greek drachmē, literally, handful, from drassesthai to grasp Date: 14th century 1. a. see… …
42Dram — I Dram [dræm, englisch] das, / (s), Einheitenzeichen dr oder dm, in Großbritannien und in den USA verwendete Masseneinheit. Im Avoirdupois System gilt: 1 dr avdp =1/256 lb avd (Pound) = 1,771 845 1 g (in Großbritannien) beziehungsweise = 1,771… …
43dram — [15] Dram was borrowed from Old French drame or medieval Latin drama, which were variants respectively of dragme or dragma. Both came from drachma, the Latin version of Greek drakhmé. This was used in the Athens of classical times for both a… …
44dram — a drink of spirituous intoxicant You used to buy spirits from apothecaries, who used their own measurements, in this case one eighth of a fluid ounce which was originally the weight of a drachma, corrupted to dram: Come over for a dram …
45dram — UK [dræm] / US noun [countable] Word forms dram : singular dram plural drams Scottish a small amount of an alcoholic drink, especially whisky …
46dram — [15] Dram was borrowed from Old French drame or medieval Latin drama, which were variants respectively of dragme or dragma. Both came from drachma, the Latin version of Greek drakhmé. This was used in the Athens of classical times for both a… …
47dram — Synonyms and related words: ace, atom, beverage, bit, bumper, carat, centigram, crumb, dab, dash, decagram, decigram, dole, dollop, dose, dot, draft, dram avoirdupois, drench, dribble, driblet, drink, drop, dwarf, dyne, farthing, finger, fleck,… …
48dram — dram1 [dram] noun 1》 chiefly Scottish a small drink of spirits. 2》 a drachm. Origin ME: from OFr. drame, dragme or med. L. drama, dragma (see drachm). dram2 [drα:m] noun the basic monetary unit of Armenia, equal to 100 luma …
49dram — noun (C) 1 also drachm a small unit of weight or of liquid 2 a small alcoholic drink, especially whisky: Would you like a wee dram before you go? …
50dram — [[t]dræm[/t]] n. 1) wam a) a unit of apothecaries weight, equal to 60 grains, or? of an ounce (3.89 grams) b) 1/16 of an ounce in avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams) Abbr.: dr,dr 2) wam fluid dram 3) vin a small drink of liquor 4) a… …
