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noun

Dram 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.

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."

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.

(Numis.) A Persian daric.

Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. See under Fluid.

D-RAM, DRAM n. (Computers) Same as dynamic RAM. (acron.)

Synonyms: dynamic RAM.

verb

Dram v. i. & v. t. To drink drams; to ply with drams. (Low)

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"Dram" Quotes from Famous Books

... alehouse. One evening as he sat there he beheld the stranger, with a bottle in his hand, going round and gathering the drops which the guests shook from time to time out of their glasses. The rich peasant was surprised that one who had given him so much did not seem able to buy himself a single dram, but was reduced to this means of getting a drink. Thereupon he went up to him and said: 'Thou hast shown me more kindness than any other man ever did, and willingly I will treat thee to a little.' The words were scarce out of his mouth when he received such a ...

— Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers • W. A. Clouston

... sent us milk, plantains, pumpkins, and abundance of roots and greens that were very good, and then took their leave, and would not take anything from us that we had. One of our men offered the king or captain of these men a dram, which he drank and was mightily pleased with it, and held out his hand for another, which we gave him; and in a word, after this, he hardly failed coming to us two or three times a week, always bringing us something or other; and ...

— The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton • Daniel Defoe

... M. Hippolyte Ceres paid his first call. He was a Deputy of Alca, and one of the youngest members of the House. His father was said to have kept a dram shop, but he himself was a lawyer of robust physique, a good though prolix speaker, with a self-important air and a reputation ...

— Penguin Island • Anatole France

... Jones; and, good-natured, despite his roughness, he took from his pocket a tickler, and handing Jerry a dram, said: ...

— Plantation Sketches • Margaret Devereux

... mercury. "It was not me who set the fire, but he, the villain, himself did it, and the laborer saw it. He would not kill a man. Tell him to call Dmitry. Dmitry will explain to him everything. They locked us up here for nothing, while the villain is living with another man's wife and sits around in dram-shops." ...

— The Awakening - The Resurrection • Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy

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