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ambidexterity

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMBIDEXTER

n.[L. ambo, both, and dexter, the right hand. ] 1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
2. A double dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. [This sense is used in ludicrous language. ]
3. In law, a juror who takes money of both parties, for giving his verdict; an embracer.

 

AMBIDEXTERITY, AMBIDEXTROUSNESS

n.The faculty of using both hands with equal facility; double dealing; the taking of money from both parties for a verdict.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMBIDEXTER

Am "bi *dex "ter, a. Etym: [LL. , fr. L. ambo both + dexter right, dextra (sc. manus ) the right hand. ]

 

Defn: Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett.

 

AMBIDEXTER

AMBIDEXTER Am `bi *dex "ter, n.

 

1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility.

 

2. Hence; A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. Cowell.

 

AMBIDEXTERITY

AMBIDEXTERITY Am "bi *dex *ter "i *ty, n.

 

1. The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey.

 

2. Double-dealing. (Law )

 

Defn: A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.

 

Duden Dictionary

ambidexter

am bi dex ter Adjektiv |ambid e xter |lateinisch mit beiden Händen gleich geschickt