Dictionary entry

Dank

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dank (?), a. [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.