pawls

n. [ D. paltsgravin: cf. G. pfalzgrafin. ] The consort or widow of a palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palsy. ] Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with palsy; paralyzed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dan. paalstav. ] A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age. Dawkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. palsterstaf. ] A pilgrim's staff. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Palsies [ OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis. ] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis. “One sick of the palsy.” Mark ii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. --
Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer. --
Shaking palsy, (Med.) paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait; now called parkinsonism, or Parkinson's disease. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Palsied p. pr. & vb. n. Palsying. ] To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze. [ 1913 Webster ]