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Dram

/dɹæm/

The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.

📖 Definitions of "Dram"

noun
  1. 1

    The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.

  2. 2

    A coin worth one drachma.

  3. 3

    An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.

  4. 4

    A later Greek weight equal to a gram.

noun
  1. 1

    A small unit of weight, variously:

  2. 2

    Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

    "a dram of brandy"

  3. 3

    A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.

verb
  1. 1

    To drink drams.

  2. 2

    To ply with drams of drink.

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