Wisp (?), n. [OE. wisp, wips; probably akin to D. & G. wisch, Icel. visk, and perhaps to L. virga a twig, rod. Cf. Verge a rod, Whisk, n.]
1.
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
In a small basket, on a wisp of hay.
Dryden.
2.
A whisk, or small broom.
3.
A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread.
Tennyson.
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Wisp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wisped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wisping.]
1.
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
2.
To rumple.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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