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Webster 1913 Edition

Saltire

Sal′tire

,

Noun.

[F.

sautoir

, fr. LL.

saltatorium

a sort of stirrup, fr. L.

saltatorius

saltatory. See

,

,

Verb.

]

(Her.)

A St. Andrew’s cross, or cross in the form of an

X

, – one of the honorable ordinaries.