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Dram vs Dramming - What's the difference?

dram | dramming |

As nouns the difference between dram and dramming

is that dram is a unit of weight avoirdupois while dramming is the practice of drinking drams.

As a verb dram

is to drink drams.

dram

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dragme, from .

Alternative forms

* drachm,

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of weight avoirdupois,
  • # (UK & US) 1/16 ounce avoirdupois.
  • # (UK & US) 1.77 gram
  • A minute quantity; a mite.
  • * Milton
    • Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
  • A small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
    • a dram of brandy
    a dram of poison
  • A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
  • A Persian daric.
    • Synonyms
    * nip * slug * snifter * tot
    Derived terms
    * angel's dram

    Verb

    (dramm)
  • (dated) To drink drams.
    • (Johnson)
    (Thackeray)
  • (dated) To ply with drams of drink.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (Armenian dram) (en noun)
  • (currency) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    dramming

    English

    Noun

  • The practice of drinking drams.
    • (Webster 1913)