The Cross Moline is a difference, or mark of cadency in English heraldry. It is so called because its shape resembles a millrind (the iron clamp of the upper millstone). It is borne both inverted and rebated, and sometimes saltirewise or in saltire. When used as a mark of cadency it represents the eighth son. Image File history File links Cross-Moline-Heraldry. ... Image File history File links Cross-Moline-Heraldry. ... Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ... Mill stones are used in windmills and watermills for grinding wheat or other grains. ... The arms of St Albans: Azure, a saltire Or (a gold saltire on a blue field) For The Saltire (proper noun) see Flag of Scotland. ... See also Cadency (name) and cadency name Cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. ...
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Cross and pile, a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails.
Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of.
Cross wires, fine wires made to traverse the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines.
The cross doesn't have to be at this particular angle to qualify as a saltire; the symbol X can also be considered a St. Andrew's Cross.
A simple heraldic cross (the default if there are no additional specifying words) has arms of roughly equal length, artistically proportioned to the particular shape of the shield, which extend to the edges of the shield.
The Crux, or Southern Cross, is a cross-shaped a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere.
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