dram
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Is dram a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:alt-ofalternative
2. (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:alt-ofalternative
3. (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:Examples: "Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔)."Synonyms: dirhemuncommon
4. (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:Synonyms: drachmaobsolete
5. (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.Examples: "a dram of brandy"; "Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing."; "When Friday came to him I bade him ſpeak to him, and tell him of his Deliverance, and pulling out my Bottle, made him give the poor Wretch a Dram, which, with the News of his being deliver'd, reviv'd him, and he ſat up in the Boat […]"Synonyms: mite, smidge, smidgeon, bit, pinch, nipbroadly
6. (historical, mining) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.Examples: "The rolling stock, consisting entirely of four-wheel open trucks, or drams, was broken up at Bonvilles Court Colliery."historical
verb (English)
1. (dated, intransitive) To drink drams.Examples: "What I contend against is, this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day. There are some men who take a glass at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and at four in the afternoon."datedintransitive
2. (dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.Examples: "The parents[…]are getting ready their daughter for sale[…]praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her."datedtransitive
noun (English)
1. (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
noun (English)
1. (electronics) Initialism of dynamic random access memory.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
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