What does "wisp" mean?
Wisp: A whisk, or small broom.
Additional senses
- 2.A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus. The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread. Tennyson.
- 3.To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
- 4.To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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