saltire
n .
X 形十字,圣安得鲁十字
X 形十字,圣安得鲁十字
saltire n 1 :
a cross resembling the letter x ,
with diagonal bars of equal length [
synonym : {
St .
Andrew '
s cross }, {
saltire }]
Saltire \
Sal "
tire \,
n . [
F .
sautoir ,
fr .
LL .
saltatorium a sort of stirrup ,
fr .
L .
saltatorius saltatory .
See {
Saltatory },
{
Sally },
v .] (
Her .)
A St .
Andrew '
s cross ,
or cross in the form of an X , --
one of the honorable ordinaries .
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Ordinary \
Or "
di *
na *
ry \,
n .;
pl . {
Ordinaries } (-
r [
i ^]
z ).
1 . (
Law )
(
a ) (
Roman Law )
An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right ,
and not by deputation .
(
b ) (
Eng .
Law )
One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical ;
an ecclesiastical judge ;
also ,
a deputy of the bishop ,
or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death .
(
c ) (
Am .
Law )
A judicial officer ,
having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate .
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2 .
The mass ;
the common run . [
Obs .]
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I see no more in you than in the ordinary Of nature '
s salework . --
Shak .
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3 .
That which is so common ,
or continued ,
as to be considered a settled establishment or institution . [
R .]
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Spain had no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary . --
Bacon .
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4 .
Anything which is in ordinary or common use .
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Water buckets ,
wagons ,
cart wheels ,
plow socks ,
and other ordinaries . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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5 .
A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers ,
at a fixed price for the meal ,
in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged ;
a table d '
h [^
o ]
te ;
hence ,
also ,
the meal furnished at such a dining room . --
Shak .
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All the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse ,
or a gaming ordinary ,
are produced as flowers of style . --
Swift .
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He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries . --
Bancroft .
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6 . (
Her .)
A charge or bearing of simple form ,
one of nine or ten which are in constant use .
The {
bend }, {
chevron },
{
chief }, {
cross }, {
fesse }, {
pale },
and {
saltire }
are uniformly admitted as ordinaries .
Some authorities include bar ,
bend sinister ,
pile ,
and others .
See {
Subordinary }.
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{
In ordinary }.
(
a )
In actual and constant service ;
statedly attending and serving ;
as ,
a physician or chaplain in ordinary .
An ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a foreign court .
(
b ) (
Naut .)
Out of commission and laid up ; --
said of a naval vessel .
{
Ordinary of the Mass } (
R .
C .
Ch .),
the part of the Mass which is the same every day ; --
called also the {
canon of the Mass }.
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1913 Webster ]
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