BLOODY HAND

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.