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Ambidexter
(gcide) | Ambidexter \Am"bi*dex"ter\, a. [LL., fr. L. ambo both + dexter
right, dextra (sc. manus) the right hand.]
Using both hands with equal ease. --Smollett.
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Ambidexter
(gcide) | Ambidexter \Am`bi*dex"ter\, n.
1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
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2. Hence: A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either
side in party disputes.
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The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many
turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on
the other. --Burton.
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3. (Law) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving
his verdict. --Cowell.
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AMBIDEXTER
(bouvier) | AMBIDEXTER. It is intended by this Latin word, to designate one who plays on
both sides; in a legal sense it is taken for a juror or embraceor who takes
money from the parties for giving his verdict. This is seldom or never done
in the United States.
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ambidexterity
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Ambidexterity
(gcide) | Ambidexterity \Am"bi*dex*ter"i*ty\, n.
1. The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using
both hands with equal facility. Hence: Versatility;
general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.
--Sterne.
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Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent
powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity.
--De Quincey.
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2. Double-dealing. (Law) A juror's taking of money from the
both parties for a verdict.
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ambidexterity
(wn) | ambidexterity
n 1: the property of being equally skillful with each hand [syn:
ambidexterity, ambidextrousness] |
AMBIDEXTER
(bouvier) | AMBIDEXTER. It is intended by this Latin word, to designate one who plays on
both sides; in a legal sense it is taken for a juror or embraceor who takes
money from the parties for giving his verdict. This is seldom or never done
in the United States.
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