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
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.
AMBIDEXTRAL
Am`bi*dex"tral, a.
Defn: Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle.