Meaning

• The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.

• A coin worth one drachma.

• An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.

• A later Greek weight equal to a gram.

Meaning

• A small unit of weight, variously:

• Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

  "a dram of brandy"

• A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.

Meaning

• To drink drams.

• To ply with drams of drink.