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wisp
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wisp \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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance. [1913 Webster] In a small basket, on a wisp of hay. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A whisk, or small broom. [1913 Webster] 3. A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus. [1913 Webster] The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wisp \Wisp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wisped; p. pr. & vb. n. Wisping.] [1913 Webster] 1. To brush or dress, an with a wisp. [1913 Webster] 2. To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
