1. 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
   "The recipe called for a dram of vanilla extract"
    
2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
   "The herbalist added a dram of dried lavender to the mixture";
   - drachm, drachma
    
3. The basic unit of money in Armenia
   "He exchanged his dollars for Armenian drams at the airport"

Derived forms: drams

Type of: apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, Armenian monetary unit, avoirdupois unit

Part of: apothecaries' ounce, ounce, oz., troy ounce

Encyclopedia: Dram