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Webster 1913 Edition


Bloody hand

Blood′y handˊ

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