(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a……

Coll. and pl. A form of crude potash rich in mineral salts, from which dyers and others could produce a lye;—in most cases prob. the substance obtained by burning woad plants (Isatis tinctoria)……

Any of several varieties of bird, esp. the green woodpecker (Picus viridis) and the rarer golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), with which, in its female and immature forms, the former may readily be……

Naut. A cord, rope, or chain for binding. …

A wrecked ship, shipwreck; ship wrak; toward a wrak, on the verge of being wrecked; gon (ben igone) to wrak, of a ship: to suffer destruction on the water, be wrecked; also in fig. context. …

Something of inferior quality; also, that which is worthless. …

A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …