dram

noun

1. Initialism of dynamic random access memory.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

1. To drink drams.

   “What I contend against is, this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day. There are some men who take a glass at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and at four in the afternoon.”

2. To ply with drams of drink.

   “The parents[…]are getting ready their daughter for sale[…]praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her.”