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drachm 1[dram] ExamplesWord Origin noun British.
- a dram in apothecaries’ and troy weights, and sometimes in avoirdupois weights.
Origin of drachm 1learned spelling of dram drachm 2[dram] noun
Examples from the Web for drachm Historical Examples of drachm
Or, mix sulphate of zinc, one drachm; rain-water, one half pint.
Robert Jennings
They weighed each, when entire, full one ounce and one drachm.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
Gilbert White
The best capture wouldn’t be worth a drachm if we could not say, ‘Hurrah!
Georg Ebers
When this solution has been filtered, add to it drachm of the aceto-nitr.
Notes and Queries, Number 175, March 5, 1853
Various
Some persons take as a “sequitur” a drachm of Carbonate of Soda.
The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life
William Kitchiner
British Dictionary definitions for drachm drachm noun
- Also called: fluid dram British one eighth of a fluid ounce
- US another name for dram (def. 2)
- another name for drachma
Word Origin for drachm C14: learned variant of dram drachm in Medicine drachm [drăm] n.
- dram