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Saltire [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.

Saltirewise [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.