Definition of Wisp

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small bundle; trace, hint; something small and delicate; tuft, small quantity (e.g. of hair)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To rumple.
  
(v. t.)
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
  
(n.)
A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
  
(n.)
A whisk, or small broom.
  
(n.)
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
  
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wisp
\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.
2. a whisk, or small broom.
3. a will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus. the wisp that flickers where no foot can tread.
wisp
\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.]
wisp
n
1. a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
2. a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"
3. a small bundle of straw or hay
4. a flock of snipe


  similar words(2) 



 will-with-the-wisp 
 will-o`-the-wisp 
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Dylwf = n. a bundle, a wisp
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
(hypernym) tuft, tussock
2. a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"
(hypernym) small person
3. a small bundle of straw or hay
(hypernym) package, bundle, packet, parcel
4. a flock of snipe
(hypernym) flock
(member-meronym) snipe
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Wisp or WISP may refer to:
  • Wisp Ski Resort A ski resort in western Maryland
  • Wisp (musician) is an electronic artist signed to Rephlex Records
  • WISP (AM), a radio station (1570 AM) licensed to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States

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