What is a Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus. The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread. Tennyson called?
wisp — A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus. The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread. Tennyson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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