Dank

[From Ger. tuncken.] Damp; humid; moist IMG:content-0515.png:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed] Dankali, ( dan'ka -le,) an independent state of Africa, bounded by the Red Sea on the N.E., and on the S.Ww. by a range of mountains. It is 250 miles long, by 56 broad, exce ively hot, unfertile, ill-watered, and inhabited by a treacherous race of a barbarous disposition. Estimated pop . 70,000. Dank'ish, a . Somewhat dank; humid. Dank'ishne , n . Dankne ; dampne . Dannebrog, Dan'ebrog, n. ( Hist .) A Danish order of knighthood, founded by Waldemar II., 1219, in commemoration of a miraculous standard which descended from heaven and rallied his troops when they were on the point of fleeing before the Livonian pagans. In the 15th cent., the order fell into decay, but it was revived by Christian V. in 1671, and received new statutes in 1793. The constitution of the order was extended by Frederick VI., who i ued letters-patent to that effect in 1808.