drachmn.

Brit.

/dram/, U.S.

/dræm/

Forms: Middle English–1600s dragme, 1500s drachime, 1500s–1600s drachme, dragm, 1600s– drachm. See also dram n.¹

Etymology: < French drachme, earlier dragme, in Old French also drame = Provençal dragma, Latin drachma, < Greek δραχμή, an Attic weight and coin, probably originally, ‘as much as one can hold in the hand’, < δράσσεσθαι (-ττ-) to grasp (compare δράγμα).

a. The principal silver coin of the ancient Greeks, the drachma n.; containing 6 obols. It varied in weight and value in different places. (Also drachma n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Greek

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xv. 8 What womman hauynge ten dragmes, ether besauntis, and if sche hath lost o dragme..she..sekith diligently, til sche fynde?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vi. 5 These mouers, that do prize their hours At a crack'd Drachme .

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xi. 360 Every man of the Jews should bring into the Capitoll two dragmes .

1771 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 469 The current coin of Athens, was the silver Drachm.

b. Hence, the dirham n. of the Arabs.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other coins of Middle Eastern countries

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medin1583

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halala1961

1554 W. Prat tr. J. Boemus Discr. Aphrique sig. Gvii .xx. Drachimes whiche is ten pens Englyshe.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 116 Mahomet..asked..If he owed any man? A voice answered, ‘Yes, me three drachms.’

2. A weight approximately equivalent to that of the Greek coin. Hence, in Apothecaries' weight = 60 grains, or ¹/ ₈ of an ounce, in Avoirdupois weight = 27¹/ ₃ grains or ¹/ ₁₆ of an ounce. (Spelt drachm or dram.) Also, the Arabic dirham n. fluid drachm = ¹/ ₈ of fluid ounce, = 60 minims or drops.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > drachm or dram

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1373 Þe leste mesure is coclearium and is half a dragme.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 153 Take..of ech two dragmis.

1590 Recorde's Ground of Artes (1646) 135, 3 Scruples make a Drachm or Dragme.

1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 87 A few Drachms of Unctuous Stuff.

c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 584 Aladdin..desired to have half a drachm of the powder.

1894 Lancet 10 Nov. 1093 The catheter..drew off four drachms of albuminous urine.

3. figurative. A small quantity; a very little. (Cf. grain n.¹ 9.)

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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

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1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 4 Having..out of the masse of our di[s]asters extracted us this dragme of comfort.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 48 One drachme of affliction.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. 40 The Rogue has not a Drachm of Generous Love about him.

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 160 ‘Now do you see the truth?’ she whispered..without a drachm of feeling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drachm
释义	drachmn. Brit. /dram/, U.S. /dræm/ Forms: Middle English–1600s dragme, 1500s drachime, 1500s–1600s drachme, dragm, 1600s– drachm. See also dram n.¹ Etymology: < French drachme, earlier dragme, in Old French also drame = Provençal dragma, Latin drachma, < Greek δραχμή, an Attic weight and coin, probably originally, ‘as much as one can hold in the hand’, < δράσσεσθαι (-ττ-) to grasp (compare δράγμα). 1. a. The principal silver coin of the ancient Greeks, the drachma n.; containing 6 obols. It varied in weight and value in different places. (Also drachma n.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Greek obolOE drachmc1384 mnamc1400 dramc1440 mina1495 groat1526 didrachm1548 drachma1579 obolus1579 tetradrachm1579 obole1598 philippic1651 stater1685 tetrobol1693 tridrachm1771 pentadrachm1827 triobol1837 octadrachm1848 decadrachm1856 lepton1877 dodecadrachm1881 diobol1887 trihemiobol1887 distater1895 hemiobol1921 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xv. 8 What womman hauynge ten dragmes, ether besauntis, and if sche hath lost o dragme..she..sekith diligently, til sche fynde? a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vi. 5 These mouers, that do prize their hours At a crack'd Drachme . View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xi. 360 Every man of the Jews should bring into the Capitoll two dragmes . View more context for this quotation 1771 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 469 The current coin of Athens, was the silver Drachm. b. Hence, the dirham n. of the Arabs. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > other coins of Middle Eastern countries drachm1554 medin1583 sherifi1615 maida1690 qursh1727 dirham1788 fils1826 pentecontadrachm1827 prutah1874 halala1961 1554 W. Prat tr. J. Boemus Discr. Aphrique sig. Gvii .xx. Drachimes whiche is ten pens Englyshe. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 116 Mahomet..asked..If he owed any man? A voice answered, ‘Yes, me three drachms.’ 2. A weight approximately equivalent to that of the Greek coin. Hence, in Apothecaries' weight = 60 grains, or ¹/ ₈ of an ounce, in Avoirdupois weight = 27¹/ ₃ grains or ¹/ ₁₆ of an ounce. (Spelt drachm or dram.) Also, the Arabic dirham n. fluid drachm = ¹/ ₈ of fluid ounce, = 60 minims or drops. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > drachm or dram drachma1398 dramc1440 drachma1527 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1373 Þe leste mesure is coclearium and is half a dragme. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 153 Take..of ech two dragmis. 1590 Recorde's Ground of Artes (1646) 135, 3 Scruples make a Drachm or Dragme. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 87 A few Drachms of Unctuous Stuff. c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 584 Aladdin..desired to have half a drachm of the powder. 1894 Lancet 10 Nov. 1093 The catheter..drew off four drachms of albuminous urine. 3. figurative. A small quantity; a very little. (Cf. grain n.¹ 9.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 4 Having..out of the masse of our di[s]asters extracted us this dragme of comfort. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 48 One drachme of affliction. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. 40 The Rogue has not a Drachm of Generous Love about him. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 160 ‘Now do you see the truth?’ she whispered..without a drachm of feeling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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