About The Word Wisp
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Wisp
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What's The Definition Of Wisp?
[n] a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
[n] a flock of snipe [n] a small bundle of straw or hay [n] a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wisp: Related Terms | Find terms related to Wisp: See Also | bundle | flock | package | packet | parcel | small person | snipe | tuft | tussock Wisp In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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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