Defn: A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age. Dawkins.
PALSTER
Pal"ster, n. Etym: [D. palsterstaf.]
Defn: A pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] Halliwell.
PALSY
Pal"sy, n.; pl. Palsies. Etym: [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie,
F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis.] (Med.)
Defn: 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.]
Defn: To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
PALSYWORT
Pal"sy*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The cowslip (Primula veris); — so called from its supposed remedial powers. Dr. Prior.
PALTER
Pal"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering.]
Etym: [See Paltry.]