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	Dram (unit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The dram (American spelling) or drachm (British spelling) was historically both a coin and a weight.
		The dram is the mass of 1/256 pound avoirdupois and 1/16 ounce.
		The fluid dram is defined as 1/8 of a fluid ounce, which means it is exactly equal to
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fluidram (231 words)

	Bin's On-Line Dictionary
		dram n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: drachm, drachma] 2: 1/16 ounce
		Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as mush the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
		As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.
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	dram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the United States the dram continues to be used in such activities as reloading ammunition and weighing boxers.
		In United States apothecaries’ measure, a unit of liquid capacity, the fluid dram,
		This unit is not the same as the fluid drachm of Great Britain.
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	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		The lyrics of my favorite Bob Dylan song, "Moonshiner," has the word "dram" in it: "The whole world's a bottle, and life's but a dram." My dictionary says that it means a small amount of something to drink, but I'm curious as to its origin.
		Dram has two meanings referring to fluid measure: one is the specific one, 'a fluid dram', equal to 1/8 of a fluid ounce.
		These meanings derive from the use of dram as a unit of weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 of an ounce, in apothecaries' weight (3.88 grams metric), or 1/16 of an ounce in standard avoirdupois weight (1.77 grams metric; apothecaries' and avoirdupois ounces are not identical).
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	Chapter Fluency <i>to</i> Flush of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
		Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion.
		The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aëriform, or gaseous state; — opposed to solidity.
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	fluid - definition by dict.die.net
		Note: Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species.
		By analogy, the term is sometimes applied to electricity and magnetism, as in phrases electric fluid, magnetic fluid, though not strictly appropriate.
		Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm, a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
	dict.die.net /fluid (236 words)

	fluid. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		A continuous, amorphous substance whose molecules move freely past one another and that has the tendency to assume the shape of its container; a liquid or gas.
		Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid.
		Smooth and flowing; graceful: the fluid motion of a cat.
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	Dorlands Medical Dictionary
		(drān´əj) the systematic withdrawal of fluids and discharges from a wound, sore, or cavity.
		withdrawal of the cerebrospinal fluid from the basal subarachnoid space for the relief of intracranial pressure.
		drainage of an abscess or collection of fluid by means of a catheter inserted through the skin and positioned under the guidance of computed tomography or ultrasonography.
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	fluid, fluids- WordWeb dictionary definition
		A substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
		A continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
		Characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
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	Fluid - definition from Biology-Online.org
		Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.
		fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species.
		The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Fluid (313 words)

	dram - definition by dict.die.net
		dram n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: drachm, drachma] 2: 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
		Dram The Authorized Version understood the word 'adarkonim (1 Chr.
		But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian empire.
	dict.die.net /dram (206 words)

	Weights And Measures
		In the Unani Formulary, any measures given in drams can be measured approximately as one level teaspoon of dried herb.
		The liquid measure of one dram is 1/8 ounce.
		(approximately I teaspoon) I fluid dram --1/8 fluid ounce
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	General Tables of Units of Measurement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		= 32 fluid ounces = 256 fluid drams
		The equivalent "1 teaspoon = 1-1/3 fluid drams" has been found by the Bureau to correspond more closely with the actual capacities of "measuring" and silver teaspoons than the equivalent "1 teaspoon = 1 fluid dram", which is given by a number of dictionaries.
		The assay ton bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 pounds avoirdupois bears to the ounce troy; hence the mass in milligrams of precious metal obtained from one assay ton of ore gives directly the number of troy ounces to the net ton.
	ts.nist.gov /ts/htdocs/230/235/appxc/appxc.htm (1366 words)

	fluid dram definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		fluid dram definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		⅛ of fluid ounce: a unit of liquid capacity in the apothecary system, equal to ⅛ of a fluid ounce
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	Definition of fluid - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
		Etymology: French or Latin; French fluide, from Latin fluidus, from fluere to flow; akin to Greek phlyzein to boil over
		1 a : having particles that easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass and that easily yield to pressure : capable of flowing b : subject to change or movement fluid>
		2 : characterized by or employing a smooth easy style fluid movements> recitation of his lines>
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	Recipes Index/ Basics: Kitchen Weights and Measures
		For charts pertaining to apothecary measures and weights that might be found in herbalism or on the medicine bottle, those can be found on the Herbalism page.
		60 drops (minims) = 1 fluid dram (ap) = 1 tsp
		27.344 grains (advp) = 1 dram (avdp) = 1.772 grams
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	Emerson Ecologics - Measurements, Abbreviations & Conversions
		# drops may vary depending on fluid viscosity, temperature, size of dropper opening, and other factors.
		Clark's Rule is a reliable way to calculate a dosage for a child.
		These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
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	apothecaries measure
		In the United Kingdom, the 1963 Weights and Measures Act provided for the abolition of the minim, scruple, and fluid drachm, all already obsolete.
		Pharmacists in the United States adopted a similar system, but instead of subdividing the imperial fluid ounce, they subdivided the U.S. fluid ounce.
		In the United States, apothecaries' measure was gradually overtaken by milliliters, though even today if a prescription for a liquid is actually compounded by the pharmacist, it may be supplied in a bottle embossed with a scale marked with the symbol for fluid drams.
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	GourmetSleuth - Kitchen Conversion Calculator
		Bar Drink Measurements - A chart of bar drink measurements (drops, jiggers, teaspoons, pints, fifths, quarts) and their equivalents in ounces.
		Volume - converts liters, fluid ounces, quarts, gallons, cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic meters
		Enter and convert between teaspoons, tablespoons, fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, milliliters, centiliters and liters.
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	U.S. Weights and Measures (Reference)
		When necessary to distinguish the liquid pint or quart from the dry pint or quart, the word liquid”; or the abbreviation “liq” should be used in combination with the name or abbreviation of the liquid unit.
		1 fluid dram (fl dr) (= 0.2256 cu in.)
		1 fluid ounce (fl oz) (= 1.8047 cu in.)
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	fluid definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		The situation in the western sector is fluid.
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	Definition of dram - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
		Etymology: Middle English dragme, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, dram, drachma, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Greek drachmE, literally, handful, from drassesthai to grasp
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	Conversion Calculator. Convert values from one system of measurement to another.
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	D Conversions : Degree, Dram (Fluid), Dram (Troy), Dyne, Dyne-centimeter, Day
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