Dank (?), a. [Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. dokk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.]

Damp; moist; humid; wet.

Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton.

Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.

 

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Dank, n.

Moisture; humidity; water.

[Obs.]

 

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Dank, n.

A small silver coin current in Persia.

 

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