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drachm
1[ dram ]
noun
- a dram in apothecaries' and troy weights, and sometimes in avoirdupois weights.
drachm
2[ dram ]
noun
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Origin of drachm1
Example Sentences
“So six bolts of silk at twice the price, plus the tariff, but minus my bargain to you as a Zoroastrian would be one hundred forty-seven drachms.â€
Half an ounce of Epsom salts, a drachm of Jamaica ginger, and sixty drops of essence of peppermint.
Lungs oedematous, with deep congestion in places, but apparently no pneumonia; about two drachms of clear, straw-colored fluid in pericardium; a few stringy decolorized clots in the cavities of the heart; left ventricle contracted.
I shoot with a 20-bore, the left barrel slightly choked, weight 5 lbs., and loaded with 2¼ drachms black powder, ¾ oz.
Eight grains of bromide of cadmium dissolved in half a drachm of pure water were now added, and the solution stirred gently.
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