What does "dank" mean?
Dank: Damp; moist; humid; wet. Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton. Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.
Additional senses
- 2.Moisture; humidity; water. [Obs.]
- 3.A small silver coin current in Persia.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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