[wisp] n [ME] (14c) 1: a small handful (as of hay or straw)
2. a: a thin strip or fragment b: a thready streak "a ~ of smoke" c: something frail, slight, or fleeting "a ~ of a girl" "a ~ of a smile" 3 archaic: will-o'-the-wisp -- wisp.i.ly adv -- wisp.i.ness n -- wispy adj
[2]wisp vt (1753) 1: to roll into a wisp
2: to make wisps of "a cigarette ~ing smoke at the corner of his mouth --Raymond Chandler" ~ vi: to emerge or drift in wisps "her hair began to ~ into her eyes --Mary Manning"