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wisp |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] --Halliwell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Wisp ["An Experiment with a Self-Compiling Compiler for a Simple List-Processing Language", M.V. Wilkes Ann Rev Automatic Programming 4:1-48. (1964)].
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