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- noun Plural form of
saltire .
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Examples
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"I fully intend to see saltires erected across Scotland tomorrow," Salmond said.
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Things only started to go wrong when Megrahi was welcomed back to Tripoli by crowds waving Scottish saltires.
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I had the same thoughts regarding Al-Megrahi returning to Tripoli in Libya and the scenes of crowds with their saltires lining up to cheer the man home.
Archive 2009-10-01 Jeff 2009
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I had the same thoughts regarding Al-Megrahi returning to Tripoli in Libya and the scenes of crowds with their saltires lining up to cheer the man home.
Outraged by Twitter (and Jan Moir) Jeff 2009
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There are more saltires flown at ibrox than the rest of scottish football grounds put together - we even decked the whole of the stadium out in saltires for a champions league match.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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His arms were thick and showed fading tattoos of thistles and saltires.
Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004
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The mantelpiece was almost unaltered; the Maxwell devices, two-headed eagles, hurcheons and saltires, on crowded shields, interlaced with the motto
By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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The process that had been adopted before was again brought into action, but now a single compound device had to be formed by the combination of a cross and two saltires, Nos.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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She got an old heraldry book; and a surprising old maiden lady from Winton, learned in politeness and genealogies, from whom she learned the court etiquette (as the old Winton lady had known it in Queen Anne's time); and ere long she jabbered gules and sables, bends and saltires, not with correctness always, but with a wonderful volubility and perseverance.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Al Megrahi received a hero's welcome from crowds waving saltires when he returned to Libya
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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