dram
n. அவுன்ஸ் என்னும் எடுத்தலளவையில் வீய்க் கூறு, ஒருமிடறு வெறியநீர்ப் பானம், குடி, ஒருகிண்ணம் வெறியநீர்ப் பானங்கொடு.
Dram, n. Etym: [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma, drachm, drachma, fr. Gr. Drachm, Drachma.] 1. 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. 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. Milton. 3. 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. Shak. 4. (Numis.) Defn: A Persian daric. Ezra ii. 69. Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm. See under Fluid. Dram, v. i. & t. Defn: To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] Johnson. Thackeray.