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dram: see English units of measurement English units of measurement, principal system of weights and measures used in a few nations, the only major industrial one being the United States. It actually consists of two related systems—the U.S. ..... Click the link for more information. . DRAMSee dynamic RAM. dram 1. one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram 2. US one eighth of an apothecaries' ounce; 60 grains. 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0039 kilogram 3. a small amount of an alcoholic drink, esp a spirit; tot 4. the standard monetary unit of Armenia, divided into 100 lumas dram [dram] (mechanics) A unit of mass, used in the apothecaries' system of mass units, equal to ⅛ apothecaries' ounce or 60 grains or 3.8879346 grams. Also known as apothecaries' dram (dram ap); drachm (British). A unit of mass, formerly used in the United Kingdom, equal to ¹⁄₁₆ ounce (avoirdupois) or approximately 1.77185 grams. Abbreviated dr. DRAM [′dē‚ram] (computer science)
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| There's nothing like a dram for ye - if ye'll take my advice of it; and bein' as it's Christmas, I'm no' saying,' he added, with a fatherly smile, 'but what I would join ye mysel'. Daryalov, Poltavsky, Prince Karibanov, Count Paskudin, Dram. The men who stood round much approved this speech, and one of them said, "It is desperate hard, and if a man sometimes does what is wrong it is no wonder, and if he gets a dram too much who's to blow him up? |
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