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  1.  One of the honourable ordinaries formed by a bend dexter crossing a bend sinister. Its width is one-fifth of the field but one-third when charged. Also called St Andrew's Cross. See Ordinary

  2. Saltire bottony, or a cross bottony in saltire

  3. Saltire composed of chains, e.g. four chains in saltire fixed to an annulet in the centre point. 

  4. Saltire couped and engrailed

  5. Saltire couped and crossed, or a cross crosslet in saltire

  6. Saltire moline, or a cross moline in saltire.

  7. Saltire cross crosslet flory or a cross crosslet flory in saltire

  8. Saltire paté, or a saltire paté crossed.

  9. Saltire triparted.

  10. Saltire voided of the field.

  11. Saltire fimbriated, e.g. quarterly, az. and or, a saltire counterchanged, and fimbriated arg.

  12. Saltire conjoined in base, e.g. arg a saltire conjoined in base gu, debruised by an annulet az surmounted by a cross paté sa

  13. Saltire quarterly quartered. Saltires divided per saltire and quarterly are also termed quarterly and per saltire, counterchanged, or quarterly quartered per saltire, all counterchanged.

  14. Saltire moussué gu bottony voided or. This charge has been variously blazoned saltire toulouse and pommeté or bottony, as well as four bows (or key heads) the shanks joined in saltire or a saltire of the handle of keys.

  15. Saltire nowy

  16. Saltire nowy couped pierced lozengy.

  17. Saltire nowy arched

  18. Saltire checky or chequy

  19. Saltire nowy quadrate pierced lozengy.

  20. Saltire nowy lozengy

  21. Saltire lozenge or of lozenges, formed of lozenges conjoined in saltire

  22. Saltire lozengy has the surface formed into lozenges by transverse lines and borne of alternate tinctures without altering the outward form of the saltire.

  23. Saltire mascle, or of mascles

  24. Saltire compony counter-compony.
    Note.—The saltire, like the bend, fess, cross, etc. without altering the outward shape, may be fusilly, masculy, etc. that is, the whole surface may be divided and formed into fusils, mascles, &c.