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   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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   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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   A whisk, or small broom.
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   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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wisped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wisping.]
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   To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
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   To rumple.  [Prov. Eng.]
   Halliwell.
   
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