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  1. 1. n. A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A minute quantity; a mite. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A Persian daric. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. & t. To drink drams; to ply with drams. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. the basic unit of money in Armenia Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains. 2. A minute quantity; a mite. Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as mush the forcible hindrance of evildoing. Milton. 3. As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison. Shak. 4. (Numis.) A Persian daric. Ezra ii. 69. Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. See under Fluid. To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] Johnson. Thackeray. Source: webster
  10. 10. A Persian daric. Ezra ii. 69. Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. Seeunder Fluid. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:100 n. a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains n. 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams n. the basic unit of money in Armenia Source: ecdict

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