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Bloody Hand
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacob.
2. A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.