dram

Meanings

1. A small unit of weight, variously:
2. Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
3. Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
4. Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
5. Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
6. Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
7. A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
8. Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.

1. To drink drams.
2. To ply with drams of drink.

1. The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

1. Initialism of dynamic random access memory.

Etymology

From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.