"The saltire is our flag as much as anybody else's. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The original arms were Azure, two keys in saltire, or. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
It isn't the saltire itself that's disturbing about this image. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Scotia, who display, instead of it, the saltire of that province. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
This year, more than ever before, it is the saltire he has to bear. From Wordnik.com. [Wimbledon 2010: Weight of Britain's expectation falls on Andy Murray] Reference
The Appin Stewarts with the blue flag and gold saltire are on the right. From Wordnik.com. [My Jacobite Army] Reference
The end of this desk displays a shield charged with two keys in saltire, for the see of York. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
At the Dissolution the arms were Gules, two keys in saltire surmounted by a sword in pale, argent. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
And the saltire was regared as somwhere between the Swastika and the Confederate flag as a fashion icon. From Wordnik.com. [A Scottish Labour Party PPB I thought we'd never see. You dont need to agree with, but this is new ground, significant] Reference
It probably contained his coat of arms, which were: vert, a cross saltire argent between four lilies of the second. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Account of King's College Chapel] Reference
I chose the Stewarts of Appin only because their flag is easy to paint free hand a gold saltire on a blue background. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
"A saltire will replace the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom on the Scottish government's official documents.". From Wordnik.com. [The breakup of the "United Kingdom"] Reference
The Confederate flag waved bravely over the Capitol, red canton with blue saltire cross and thirteen stars on a white ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns Of The South]
Scottish Labour is reclaiming the saltire, I think no bad thing, a sign how the "centre" has moved in the direction of nationalism. From Wordnik.com. [A Scottish Labour Party PPB I thought we'd never see. You dont need to agree with, but this is new ground, significant] Reference
The Hessians get caught on their right by the Athol regiment (white flag with red saltire) and the Frasiers on their left (blue flag). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
It resurfaced some four months later following a huge public outcry, having been deposited by the thieves in Arbroath Abbey, draped in a saltire. From Wordnik.com. [Stone of Destiny] Reference
Being seen on national TV waving his little plastic saltire next to Princess Anne would do his profile no harm whatsoever - on both sides of the border. From Wordnik.com. [Country of the Blind]
Two keys in saltire, a border engrailed -- St. Peter. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See] Reference
Two swords in saltire, a border engrailed -- St. Paul. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See] Reference
'Arms -- a mullion garbled, gules on a saltire reversed of the second. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Snobs] Reference
Crimson Scarf over the right shoulder, so as to come in saltire over her. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
The arms of the see were argent, on a saltire gules an Escalop shell, or. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
"The saltire still floats," cried Prosper; "we are not too late for this time.". From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Lovers] Reference
A giant saltire was held up by activists, as Lindsay Roy and the FM posed in front of it. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The cathedral was dedicated to St. Asaph and the arms of the see were sable, two keys in saltire argent. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
They were giving it the fully Scots treatment with their attire as well. .all kilts and saltire facepaint. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Greek crosier in saltire, the shield is ensigned by a mitre, and in pale is a cross with a double traverse. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Neither he nor St. Andrew himself would know their own saltire made in cloth of silver, 'the very metal to tarnish!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Caged Lion] Reference
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