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saltire


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saltire  \Sal"tire\,  n.  [F.  sautoir  fr  LL  saltatorium  a  sort 
  of  stirrup,  fr  L.  saltatorius  saltatory.  See  {Saltatory}, 
  {Sally},  v.]  (Her.) 
  A  St  Andrew's  cross,  or  cross  in  the  form  of  an  X,  --  one  of 
  the  honorable  ordinaries. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  saltire 
  n  :  a  cross  with  equal-length  diagonal  bars  [syn:  {St.  Andrew's 
  cross}] 




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