1. wisp - Noun
2. wisp - Verb
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
To rumple.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way. Vincent van Gogh
The small wad of burning paper drew down to a wisp of flame and then died out leaving a faint pattern for just a moment in the incandescence like the shape of a flower, a molten rose. Then all was dark again. Cormac McCarthy
If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us. Dean Koontz
It's just a wisp in place of a brush. Irish Proverb
Good wine needs not a wisp. Scottish Proverb
All's alike at the latter day: a bag of gold and wisp of hay. Romanian Proverb