Wisp
Wisp , noun
[Old English wisp, wips; probably akin to Dutch & German wisch, Icelandic visk, and perhaps to Latin virga a twig, rod. Compare 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.
2.
A whisk, or small broom.
3.
A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread.
Wisp , transitive verb
1.
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
2.
To rumple. [Provincial English] — Halliwell