dram
dram Lexical Profile
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• noun
Scottish A small drink of whiskey or another spirit.
"The host poured each guest a welcoming dram of single malt Scotch by the fireplace."
The basic monetary unit and official currency of Armenia, subdivided into 100 luma.
"Tourists arriving in Yerevan can easily exchange foreign currency for the local dram."
A small unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth of an ounce in avoirdupois weight, or one-eighth of an ounce in apothecaries' weight.
"The antique apothecary scale was calibrated to measure ingredients down to a single dram."
A very small amount or trace of something non-material.
"He approached the negotiations without a dram of sympathy for his rivals."
• verb
To drink or ply someone with small quantities of spirits or liquor (archaic or dialectal).
"The old sailors sat in the tavern dramming well into the night."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Late Middle English via Old French drame or medieval Latin dragma, from Latin drachma and Ancient Greek drakhme ('handful' or 'coin of small weight'). The currency of Armenia shares the same Greek root via Classical Persian.