dram
/dɹæm/
noun
- 1
The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- 2
A coin worth one drachma.
- 3
An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- 4
A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
noun
- 1
A small unit of weight, variously:
- 2
Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
“a dram of brandy”
- 3
A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
verb
- 1
To drink drams.
- 2
To ply with drams of drink.
noun
- 1
The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
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