Saltire vs Saltirewise - What's the difference?
saltire | saltirewise |
(heraldiccharge) An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.
The Saint Andrew's cross, the flag of Scotland
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*{{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
, work=BBC Sport
As a noun saltire
is an ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.As an adverb saltirewise is
in the form of a saltire; crossing diagonally.saltire
English
Noun
(en noun)Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
- It was early August. In the Borders, there were few signs yet of a campaign that could take Scotland out of the United Kingdom. A large Y-E-S hung in separate letters from a tree on the road from Coldstream to Kelso. There wasn’t a N-O to match it, but Kelso town hall flew both the saltire and the union jack.
citation, page= , passage=But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.}}