Wisp"en (?), a. Formed of a wisp, or of wisp; as, a wispen broom.
[Obs.]
Wis"se (?), v. t. [AS. wsian. See Wise, a.] To show; to teach; to
inform; to guide; to direct. [Obs.]
Ere we depart I shall thee so well wisse That of mine house ne shalt
thou never misse.
Chaucer.
Wist (?), archaic imp. & p. p. of Wit, v. Knew.
Wis*ta"ri*a (?), n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar, an American
anatomist.] (Bot.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long,
pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers.
The species commonest in cultivation is the Wistaria Sinensis from
Eastern Asia. W. fruticosa grows wild in the southern parts of the
United States.
Wist"ful (?), a. [For wishful; perhaps influenced by wistly, which is
probably corrupted from OE. wisly certainly (from Icel. viss certain,
akin to E. wit). See Wish.]