Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palsy \Pal"sy\, 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.

   {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}, paralysis agitans, a disease usually
      occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors
      and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.

Palsy \Pal"sy\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

palsy
     n 1: loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: {paralysis}]
     2: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
     v : affect with palsy
     [also: {palsied}]