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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. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The mass; the common run. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] I see no more in you than in the ordinary Of nature' s salework. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Spain had no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Anything which is in ordinary or common use. [ 1913 Webster] Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and other ordinaries. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] All the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as flowers of style. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries. -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] 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}. [ 1913 Webster] { 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}. [ 1913 Webster]
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