dram
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/dɹæm/
English
Definitions
noun
- The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- A coin worth one drachma.
- An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
noun
- A small unit of weight, variously:
- Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.“a dram of brandy”
- A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
verb
- To drink drams.
- To ply with drams of drink.
noun
- The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.