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Wisp

Wisp Meaning & Definition
Wisp Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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