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▪ I. whisp, n. rare.
[Echoic: cf. whisper.]
A slight blast or puff (of wind) or sprinkle (of rain). So whisp v., implied in whisping vbl. n., used of a slight blast or a low rustling sound: see quots.
1379Glouc. Cath. MS. 19. No. I. i. iii. lf. 5 b, The ers hole by egestion.i. schityng Crackynge & Whispynge by nethe is purgynge propirly of the guttys. 188419th Cent. Feb. 241 A whisp or two of cold wind. 1901Daily News 2 Feb. 5/7 Nothing broke the stillness but the whisping of the waters. 1923Times 27 Apr. 12/1 A whisp of rain,..too light to be called a shower, touched the crowd here and there.
▪ II. whisp
variant of wisp. |