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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