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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)