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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. dial, Sw.

dank

a moist place in a field, Icel.

dökk

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.

Noun.

Moisture; humidity; water.

[Obs.]

Noun.

A small silver coin current in Persia.

Adj.

Damp; moist; humid; wet.

Noun.

Moisture; humidity.