drachma or dragma
11dram — [dram] n. [ME < OFr dragme < ML dragma < L drachma: see DRACHMA] 1. a) a unit of weight, equal to 1/ 16 ounce avoirdupois or 27.3437 grains (1.772 grams) b) a unit of weight, equal to 1/ 8 ounce apothecaries or 3 scruples (3.888 grams)… …
12drachme — (dra gm . Quelques uns écrivent dragme, dit l Académie) s. f. 1° Terme d antiquité. Poids grec qui était de 3 grammes 24 centigrammes. Monnaie grecque d argent, valant 69 centimes. • Chaque homme de mer recevait une drachme de paye, sans… …
13dracma — dràc·ma s.f. 1. CO unità monetaria della Grecia moderna 2. TS stor. non com. → 2dramma {{line}} {{/line}} VARIANTI: dragma. DATA: 1483 nell accez. 2. ETIMO: dal lat. drachma(m), dal gr. drakhmē, v. anche 2dramma …
14drachm — [dram] noun historical a unit of weight equivalent to 60 grains or one eighth of an ounce. ↘(also fluid drachm) a liquid measure equivalent to 60 minims or one eighth of a fluid ounce. Origin ME (denoting the ancient Greek drachma): from OFr.… …
15dram — dram1 [dram] noun 1》 chiefly Scottish a small drink of spirits. 2》 a drachm. Origin ME: from OFr. drame, dragme or med. L. drama, dragma (see drachm). dram2 [drα:m] noun the basic monetary unit of Armenia, equal to 100 luma …
16dram — ► NOUN 1) chiefly Scottish a small drink of spirits. 2) another term for DRACHM(Cf. ↑drachm). ORIGIN Latin dragma, from Greek drakhm drachma …
17drachm — n. Brit. a weight or measure formerly used by apothecaries, equivalent to 60 grains or one eighth of an ounce, or (in full fluid drachm) 60 minims, one eighth of a fluid ounce. Etymology: ME dragme f. OF dragme or LL dragma f. L drachma f. Gk… …
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