Wisp1, n.
n. [Icel. & Dan. visk, Ger. wisch. See WHISK.]
Sense 1. A small bundle of straw or other like substance; as, a wisp of straw; a wisp of hay.
Sense 2. A whisk, or small broom. Simmonds.
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Wisp
Wisp2, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. WISPED (wĭspt); p. pr. & vb. n. WISPING.]
- To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
- To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.