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a. [ LL., fr. L. ambo both + dexter right, dextra (sc. manus) the right hand. ] Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Double-dealing. (Law) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Practicing or siding with both parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bissextilis annus, fr. bissextus (bis + sextus sixth, fr. sex six) the sixth of the calends of March, or twenty-fourth day of February, which was reckoned twice every fourth year, by the intercalation of a day. ] Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to leap year. [ 1913 Webster ]

a device for suppressing fire, consisting of a steel cylinder containing compressed carbon dioxide, which may be released by pressing on a handle. The release of the gas is usually accomplished through a hose attached to a funnel-shaped vent which is directed at the base of the fire, and when released, part of the carbon dioxide is chilled sufficiently to solidify into a powder. The large quantity of inert carbon dioxide released on top of a small fire is usually sufficient to exinguish the flame by excluding oxygen, and the cooling effect also helps drive the temperature of the combustible material below that required to support compustion. It is used in situations where putting water on the fire might cause undesirable damage. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coextended; p. pr. & vb. n. Coextending. ] To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to which the least body may be coextended with the greatest. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Has your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations? Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. contextus, p. p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text. ] Knit or woven together; close; firm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. contextus; cf. F. contexte . ] The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. contexture. ] The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prop., in sixteenth; fr. L. decimus tenth + sextus sixth. ] A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16°. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L., ; akin to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Skr. dakshi&nsdot_;a (cf. daksh to be strong, suit); Goth. taihswa, OHG. zeso. Cf. Dexterous. ] 1. Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. [ 1913 Webster ]

On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dexter chief, or
Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut. --
Dexter base, a point in the dexter lower part or base of the shield, as B in the cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. so named after the original breeder. ] One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable both for beef and milk. They are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat resemble a small shorthorn in build. Called also Dexter Kerry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Dexterous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dexteritas, fr. dexter: cf. F. dextérité. See Dexter. ] 1. Right-handedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel. [ 1913 Webster ]

In youth quick bearing and dexterity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wisdom . . . was turned . . . into a dexterity to deliver himself. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had conducted his own defense with singular boldness and dexterity. Hallam.

Syn. -- Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill; cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility; aptness; aptitude; faculty. See Skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dexter. See Dexter. ] [ Written also dextrous. ] 1. Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management. “Dexterous sleights of hand.” Trench.

Syn. -- Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready; apt; handy; versed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dexterous manner; skillfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being dexterous; dexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ L. dextra the right hand + ad to. ] (Anat.) Toward the right side; dextrally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Dexter. ] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dextral shell (Zool.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ OF. destrier, fr. L. dextra on the right side. The squire led his master's horse beside him, on his right hand. Skeat. ] A war horse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A war horse; a destrer. [ Obs. ] “By him baiteth his dextrer.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See Dexter. ] (Chem.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right; (Chem. & Opt.) having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics & Chem.) See Dextrogyrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dextro- + glucose. ] (Chem.) Same as Dextrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dextro- + gyrate. ] (Chem. & Opt.) Same as Dextrorotatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dextronic acid, a sirupy substance obtained by the partial oxidation of various carbohydrates, as dextrose, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics & Chem.) See Dextrotatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dextro- + rotatory. ] (Chem. & Opt.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.

{ } a. [ L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn. ] (Botany) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dexter. ] (Chem.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits, and also called glucose. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence the mixture is called called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The solid products are known to the trade as grape sugar; the sirupy products as glucose, or mixing sirup. These are harmless, but are only about half as sweet as cane sugar or sucrose.

a., adv., n. Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'eryqro`s red + E. dextrin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ecstasy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. extantia, exstantia, a standing out, fr. exstans, p. pr. See Extant. ] Outward existence. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]