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  1. 1. n. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A whisk, or small broom. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To brush or dress, an with a wisp. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To rumple. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a small tuft or lock Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a small person Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a small bundle of straw or hay Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a flock of snipe Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 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. 1. To brush or dress, an with a wisp. 2. To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Source: webster
  11. 11. v:4/n:96 n. a small tuft or lock n. a small person n. a small bundle of straw or hay n. a flock of snipe Source: ecdict

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