drachm noun. [dram] arch. LME.
[Old French dragme or late Latin dragma var. of Latin DRACHMA. Cf. DRAM noun¹.]
1. = DRACHMA 2. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
b. = DIRHAM. Now rare or obsolete. M16.

2. A unit of weight orig. equal to the weight of a drachma; an apothecaries' weight of 1 / 8 ounce (60 grains); an avoirdupois weight of 1 / 16 ounce (approx. 27.344 grains). Also = fluid drachm s.v. FLUID adjective. LME.

3. fig. A small quantity. LME.
■ T. Hardy 'Now do you see the truth?' she whispered..without a drachm of feeling.

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