bloody hand

noun

1

: a hand stained with deer's blood being sufficient evidence in old English forest laws of a man's trespass in the forest against venison

2

heraldry : a red hand (as in the arms of Ulster) that is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom or of Ireland

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