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