dram
suomi-englanti sanakirjadram englannista suomeksi
1/8 unssin apteekkimitta
dram
1,771 gramman apteekkimitta, 1/16 unssin apteekkimitta
hitunen, hiven, hyppysellinen solid, also figuratively; tilkka, tilkkanen liquid
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dram englanniksi
(alternative form of).
(alternative form of).
(syn of): a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
1888, Matthew Flinders Petrie|W.M.F. Petrie, :s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition|''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', 9th ed., Britannica, Ninth Edition/Volume XXIV|Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Britannica, Ninth Edition/Weights and Measures|Weights and Measures":
- Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).
(senseid) Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
(ux)
(RQ:Milton Areopagitica)
(RQ:Defoe Crusoe)
(quote-song)
(quote-journal)
(syn of): a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
- They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams ''i.e.'', the Persian daric of gold, and five thousand pound of silver (..)
To drink drams.
(quote-book)
To ply with drams of drink.
(RQ:Thackeray Newcomes)are getting ready their daughter for sale(..)praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her.
(l) (a small quantity of an alcoholic drink)
(infl of)
a drink (gl)
a dream
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drum (gl)
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