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What is a drachm?

What is a drachm? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
    1. ounce apothecary (3.89 g).
    2. Alternative form of dram: One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g).
    3. (historical, obsolete) Alternative form of dirhem: a small former Turkish weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
    4. (historical, obsolete) Alternative form of drachma: a small former Greek weight (about 4.3 g).
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma.
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Why, I've eaten a drachm a day of the stuff, or drunk its equivalent in the tincture.
They weighed each, when entire, full one ounce and one drachm.
Bromide of potassium and hydrate of chloral in drachm doses should be given in connection with conium.
This open-leg lifetime drachm from Sardis depicts as mint marks a rose under the throne and a monogram that looks a bit like a double E in the reverse left field.
One drachm of the acid if pure completely dissolves on being shaken with half a pint of warm water.
It divides a pound into 12 ounces, an ounce into 8 drachms, and a drachm into 3 scruples or 60 grains.

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