Amber seed
(Am"ber seed`) Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought
from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.
Amber tree
(Am"ber tree`) A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when
bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
Ambes-as
(Ambes"-as) n. Ambs-ace. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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.
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) 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 ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility. Hence: Versatility; general
readiness; as, 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) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.
Ambidextral
(Am`bi*dex"tral) a. Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle.
Ambidextrous
(Am`bi*dex"trous) a.
1. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne.
2. Practicing or siding with both parties.
All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings.
L'Estrange.
Ambidextrously
(Am"bi*dex"trous*ly), adv. In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.
Ambidextrousness
(Am`bi*dex"trous*ness) n. The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.
Ambient
(Am"bi*ent) a. [L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go around; amb- + ire to go.] Encompassing
on all sides; circumfused; investing. "Ambient air." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.
Ambient
(Am"bi*ent), n. Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
Sir H. Wotton.
Ambigenous
(Am*big"e*nous) a. [L. ambo both + genus kind.] Of two kinds. (Bot.) Partaking of
two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the
inner petaloid.
