It's like 'a pinch' of salt in some respects - being that we all have different sized fingers, we all get a different amount - but its always small. With that said, a dram, I gather, is somewhere between 1/8th and 1/16th of an ounce.
a shot of whiskey is 1.5 ounces
A dram is 1/16 of an ounce. One ounce is 7.292 drams.
One fluid dram is 0.125 (1/8) fluid ounce.
One drachm (dram) is equivalent to one-eighth of a fluid ounce! :)
1/16 of an ounce equals a dram.
A dram!
1 US fluid dram = 0.125 fl oz (US) = 3.696588 ml
In 1 shot of scotch whisky, there is approximately 72 calories.
Actually that would drams to the ounce. 16 drams to 1 ounce. That's correct for weight (av.), I believe. However, for a fluid dram, the number is 8 drams to the ounce. For example, specialtybottle.com advertises a vial at "10 dram (1.25oz) Vial w/ cork" . Perverse isn't it?
a fluid dram is 1/8 of a fluid ounce (or about 3.7 mL)
A fluid dram is a unit of volume equal to 0.125oz or 1/8 fluid ounce.
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1. In the avoirdupois system (mass), the dram is 1⁄16 ounce. The fluid dram is defined as 1⁄8 of a fluid ounce ~ drachm. 2. Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) 3. Armenian, literally, coin, money, ultimately from Greek drachmē drachma.