| Palissy | a. Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry. [ 1913 Webster ]
Palissy ware, glazed pottery like that made by Bernard Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high relief. See Palissy, below. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Palsy | 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 ]
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