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  • noun Plural form of palsy.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palsy.

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Examples

  • V. i.23 (119,4) cold palsies] This catalogue of loathsome maladies ends in the folio at _cold palsies_.

    Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

  • His disease was grievous: He had an infirmity, a weakness; he had lost the use of his limbs, at least on one side, as is usual in palsies.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • The only saving grace is that when faced with a 180 class buck I feel certain he will wet himself and come down with a case of the quaking palsies.

    Five Shots in One Hole 2009

  • The only saving grace is that when faced with a 180 class buck I feel certain he will wet himself and come down with a case of the quaking palsies.

    Five Shots in One Hole 2009

  • Anner calls his condition the "sexiest of the palsies."

    WATCH: Is Zach Anner The Next Oprah? 2010

  • We may doubt the wisdom of efficient markets, we may wonder at the ability of laissez-faire markets to avoid breakdown, dysfunction, crashes, panics, palsies, disaster.

    Robert Teitelman: Transactions: Dec. 13, 2010 Robert Teitelman 2010

  • We may doubt the wisdom of efficient markets, we may wonder at the ability of laissez-faire markets to avoid breakdown, dysfunction, crashes, panics, palsies, disaster.

    Robert Teitelman: Transactions: Dec. 13, 2010 Robert Teitelman 2010

  • Look at "Nervous Systems" which reads "Encephalitis; encephalopathy; measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE) (see CONTRAINDICATIONS); subacute scloerosing panencephalitis (SSPE); Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS); febrile convulsions; afebrile convulsions or seizures; ataxia; polyneuritis; polyneuropathy; ocular palsies; paresthesia."

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • They sometimes afflicted people with fits or staggers or palsies for transgressions such as emptying a bucket of foul water in the wrong place.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Not all the ancient palsies would have been Bell's.

    Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG 2009

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