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Meaning of BLOODY HAND

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Blood"y hand`\
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.

 

 

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