Usually means: Loss of muscle control, paralysis.
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  1. palsy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. palsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. palsy: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. palsy: Wiktionary
  8. palsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Palsy, palsy: Dictionary.com
  12. palsy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. palsy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Palsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  16. palsy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  18. Palsy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. palsy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Palsy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. palsy: Free Dictionary
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  4. Palsy: Merck Manuals
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  9. palsy: Medical dictionary
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  1. Palsy, Palsy, Palsy: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. palsy: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Palsy: Easton Bible
  2. Palsy: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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  1. palsy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See palsied as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
verb:  To paralyse, either completely or partially.
adjective:  (colloquial) Chummy, friendly.

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