Saltire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Heraldry An ordinary in the shape of a Saint Andrew's cross, formed by the crossing of a bend and a bend sinister.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See saltier.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length
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