† dead palsy, ˈdead-ˌpalsy Obs.
[dead a. 2 a.]
Palsy producing complete insensibility or immobility of the part affected.
| 1592 Constable Sonn. iii. vii, Dead-palsey sicke of all my chiefest parts. 1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. State v. vi. 382 Now our Atheist hath a dead palsey, is past all sense. 1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. i. iv. 59 The Ἡµιπληγία, or half stroke (vulgarly call'd the Dead Palsie, or Palsie of one Side). 1702 Pepys Corr. 405 About three weeks since, Sir R. Dutton was struck with the dead-palsy on his left side. He has recovered the motion, though not the use, of his hand and foot. 1712 Arbuthnot John Bull iii. x, Frog was seized with a dead palsy in the tongue. 1761 F. Sheridan Sidney Bidulph III. 217. |