Noun:

साठ ग्रेन की तौल, छोटा परिमाण,

drachm's Usage Examples:

The dose is from a drachm to an ounce.

of strychnine in each fluid drachm.

The usual doses of the oxide and carbonate of magnesium are from half a drachm to a drachm.

The relation is 258: 229 :: 9:8; but the exact form in which the descent took place is not settled: 1/60 or 129 of gold is worth 57 of silver or a drachm, 1/4 of 230 (or by trade weights 127 and 226); otherwise, deriving it from the silver weight of 86 already formed, the drachm is 1/3 of the stater, 172, or double of the Persian danak of 28.7, and the sacred unit of Didyma in Ionia was this half-drachm, 27; or thirdly, what is indicated by the Lydian coinage (17), 86 of gold was equal to 1150 of silver, 5 shekels or 1/10th mina.

Thus foot, digit, palm, cubit, stadium, mile, talent, mina, stater, drachm, obol, pound, ounce, grain, metretes, medimrius, modius, hin and many others mean nothing exact unless qualified by the name of their country or city.

The dose of the fruit is 30 to 60 grains, and the British Pharmacopoeia contains a tincture with a dose of a to 1 drachm.

The dose is from 20 grains to a drachm.

A dose of a little more than a drachm (a teaspoonful) will produce a condition of inebriation lasting for one-half to one hour, but the dose must soon be greatly increased.

The dose for repeated administration is from 10 to 30 minims and for a single administration up to a drachm.

The former may be given in doses of an ounce and the latter in doses of a drachm.

Synonyms:

apothecaries" ounce, apothecaries" unit, apothecaries" weight, drachma, scruple, troy ounce, ounce, dram,