Part 368

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Ambidexterity</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"bi*dex*ter"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being ambidex<?/rous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility. Hence: Versatility; general readiness; <as>as, <ex>ambidexterity</ex> of argumentation</as>.</def>

<i>Sterne.</i>

<blockquote>Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and <b>ambidexterity</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Double-dealing</def>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.</def>

<h1>Ambidextral</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`bi*dex"tral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.</def>

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Ambidextrous</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`bi*dex"trous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Practicing or siding with both parties.</def>

<blockquote>All false, shuffling, and <b>ambidextrous</b> dealings. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ambidextrously</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"bi*dex"trous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.</def>

<h1>Ambidextrousness</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`bi*dex"trous*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.</def>

<h1>Ambient</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"bi*ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>ambire</ets> to go around; <ets>amb-</ets> + <ets>ire</ets> to go.]</ety> <def>Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.</def> "<i>Ambient</i> air." <i>Milton</i>. "<i>Ambient</i> clouds." <i>Pope</i>.

<h1>Ambient</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"bi*ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something that surrounds or invests; <as>as, air</as> . . . being a perpetual <i>ambient</i>.</def>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Ambigenous</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am*big"e*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ambo</ets> both + <ets>genus</ets> kind.]</ety> <def>Of two kinds.</def> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.</def>

<h1>Ambigu</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"bi*gu</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>ambigu</ets> doubtful, L. <ets>ambiquus</ets>. See <er>Ambiguous</er>.]</ety> <def>An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.</def>

<h1>Ambiguity</h1> <Xpage=46>