Dram1. (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.
2. (n.) A minute quantity; a mite.
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.
4. (n.) A Persian daric.
5. (v. i. & t.) To drink drams; to ply with drams.
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