drachm
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drachm
- /dɹæm/ US, UK
Rhymes with -æm
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Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French dragme (modern French drachme), from Late Latin dragma. Doublet of dirham.
noun drachms · dram · drachme
- One sixteenth (1⁄16) of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ʒ).
- One eighth (1⁄8) of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ʒ). A weighed quantity has been dissolved in half a drachm of very dilute muriatic or lactic acid, and this fluid, with a known quantity of coagulated white of egg, cut into uniform pieces of small size, has been placed in a drachm homœopathic vial, and tightly corked.
- Alternative form of dirhem: a small former Turkish weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g). At Aleppo, and its port Scanderoon, the cantaro contains 100 rottoli, each of which is subdivided into 12 ounces, or 720 drachms... The rottolo with which the silks from Tripoli, and other parts of Syria, are weighed, consists of 700 drachms, answering to 4⅞ avoirdupois. The rottolo used in weighing
- Alternative form of drachma: a small former Greek weight (about 4.3 g).
- Alternative form of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma.
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