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Wisp
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
2. To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.