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noun
A small unit of weight, variously:
Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ʒ)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Qualifier: units of measurement
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noun
A small unit of weight, variously:
Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ʒ)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Qualifier: units of measurement; pharmacy; pharmacy
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noun
A small unit of weight, variously:
Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Qualifier: units of measurement
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Synonyms: dirhem
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noun
A small unit of weight, variously:
Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: units of measurement
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Synonyms: drachma
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noun
Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: drachma
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noun
The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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noun
Initialism of dynamic random access memory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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verb
To drink drams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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verb
To ply with drams of drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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noun
the basic unit of money in Armenia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Armenian monetary unit
noun
1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: avoirdupois unit
noun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drachm, drachma
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
History
Inherited from Middle English dragme /dramme, from Old French dragme, 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.
Borrowed from Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (ZWZN /drahm/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to hold, seize”).
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