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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.

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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.
  2. A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.
  3. 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.
  4. A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now thedistinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.