Saltire: alternatives and connections

A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.

The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chie…

To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andr…

A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.

To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.

One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and…

The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced,…

Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that…

of or relating to a cross section; "a cross-sectional slice"

Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.

A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, me…

The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capi…

Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.

To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross.