red-handadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌrɛd ˈhand/, U.S.

/ˈrɛd ˌhænd/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and hand n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., hand n.

Etymology: < red adj. + hand n., probably with allusion to the colour of fresh blood. Compare post-classical Latin cum manu rubea with red hand (14th cent. in a Scottish source). Compare later red-handed adj.

A. adj.

1. Scottish (originally Law). In predicative use. Originally: †(of a crime) that has been committed so recently that the perpetrator still bears clear evidence of its commission (obsolete). Later: (of a person) that is in the act of committing a crime; that is still bearing evidence of having just committed a crime; = red-handed adj. 1a. Chiefly in to be taken red-hand. Now rare.Common in the 16th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > and caught in the act

red-handc1430

deprehended1655

red-handed1819

society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] > with clear evidence of guilt

red-handc1430

red-handed1819

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > catch in the act

to be taken red-handc1430

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > violating the law > committing an offence > in the act of

red-handc1430

red-handed1819

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested > be caught in the act

to be taken red-hand1535

to be caught (also taken) red-handed1819

c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 375/1 De recenti crimine quod dicitur redhand.

1432 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1432/3/2 Gif he may be ouretakyn he salbe put in sikkir festines quhil the law be done on hym..Ande be it red hand it salbe done within that sone.

1508 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 234/1 Trespassouris and thevis..that beis apprehendit within the samyn that ar tane redehand.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 274 That samin carle..Come the thrid nycht,..To steill the irnes, and wes tane reid hand.

1580–1 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. III. 346 The said justice and warden sall tak na mannis tennent or servand for executing of justice upoun him, except he be tane reid~hand.

1618 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 236 The said Thomas Grant wes tane flagranti crimine and reid hand.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 136 If he be not taken red hand, the Sheriff cannot proceed against him.

1700 in Hector Judic. Recs. Renfrewsh. (1876) 188 Taken red hand with soume small goods a little from the house.

1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iv. §4 The case where the murderer is seized red-hand or in the act.

1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages vi. 182 The murderer taken red-hand..was ‘justified’..without any unnecessary or inconvenient delays of process.

1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby vii We'll tak' the hoos i' the flank, an' catch the twa o' them reid-hand.

1929 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 19 542 The offender was taken ‘red-hand’.

2. Of a person: bloodthirsty, violent; = red-handed adj. 1b. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > [adjective] > eager to kill

sanguinolent1577

sanguineous1612

sanguisugous1615

sanguinary1623

sanguinarian1637

sanguinarious1654

sanguinous1663

sanguine1705

bloodhot1866

red-handed1879

red-hand1894

kill-crazy1942

shoot-to-kill1973

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xlv. 381 I was known for a gypsy and a red-hand follower of the chief persecutor.

B. n. Usually as two words.

1. Scots Law. with (the) red hand: in the act of committing a crime; bearing clear evidence of having just committed a crime. Also †without red hand: without clear evidence of guilt. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [phrase] > with clear evidence of guilt

with (the) red handc1430

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [phrase] > committing a crime > in the act of

with (the) red handc1430

with (later in) the mainour (usually manner)1530

in flagrant delict1819

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adverb] > without clear evidence of guilt

without red hand1597

c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 375/1 Si latro comprehensus fuerit cum fang hoc est hande habande aut homicidia cum redhand.

c1500 Barounis Lawis f. 15^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Red(e)-hand Gif he be taken with a reid hand freschly or with mannis slauchtir or with reid hand in thift.

1577–8 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. II. 666 The said Alexander Winsister wes not takin with reidhand.

1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Schireff Gif he beis apprehended with reid hand Justice sall be done within that Sunne. And gif he be taken and apprehended without read hand, Hee salbe put in prison.

1609 J. Skene tr. Quoniam Attach. in Regiam Majestatem c. 39 §2 Gif he is takin with reid or hait hand of slauchter.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. xix. 195 This manifest Theft, is called Theft with red hand.

1729 C. Areskine in Trial J. Carnegie 14 If the Slayer is taken with red Hand, the Law shall be done upon him within that Sun; which cannot be understood of a Crime not capital.

1758 H. H. Kames Hist. Law-tracts I. vii. 331 A man taken in the act of murder, or with red hand, as expressed in our law, must have justice done upon him by the sheriff within three suns.

1878 H. C. Lea Superstit. & Force (ed. 3) 23 (note) A murderer was allowed to rebut with his single oath all testimony as to his guilt, unless he chanced to be caught with the red hand.

1910 A. Duff Hist. Old Test. Crit. iii. 51 The barbaric horder might take the fancy..to slay with red hand every man, woman, and child that might be in the way.

1927 E. Weekley More Words Anc. & Mod. (1971) 129 Red-handed has a fine archaic 12th-century ring, but was coined by Scott himself from the old legal phrase ‘with red hand’.

2. Heraldry. Frequently in the red hand of Ulster: the arms or badge of Ulster, a red left hand cut off squarely at the wrist. Cf. bloody hand n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [noun] > hand > red hand of Ulster

bloody handc1571

baronet's hand1710

red-hand1795

1795 T. Brydson Summary View Heraldry iv. 122 The arms of Ulster, a red hand on a white field, are borne as arms of dignity.

1833 T. Moore Wks. Lord Byron 97 (note) The Red Hand of Ulster..marks [t]he shield of a baronet of the United Kingdom.

1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 670/2 From the connexion of the first baronets with Ulster, they were allowed to place in their armorial coat the open red hand heretofore borne by the forfeited O'Neils, the noted Lamh derg Eirin, or red hand of Ulster.

1934 Geogr. Jrnl. 84 489 The fingers and thumb, in this hand-imprint, were not outspread but close and parallel, like the Red Hand of Ulster.

1963 M. Caulfield Easter Rebellion 4 Boerlike slouch hats pinned up at one side with the Red Hand, their union badge.

1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men iv. 33 Stanley had been a high-up in the Red Hand Commandos, a Loyalist terror group with a penchant for hacking up innocent Catholics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-hand
释义	red-handadj.n. Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈhand/, U.S. /ˈrɛd ˌhænd/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and hand n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., hand n. Etymology: < red adj. + hand n., probably with allusion to the colour of fresh blood. Compare post-classical Latin cum manu rubea with red hand (14th cent. in a Scottish source). Compare later red-handed adj. A. adj. 1. Scottish (originally Law). In predicative use. Originally: †(of a crime) that has been committed so recently that the perpetrator still bears clear evidence of its commission (obsolete). Later: (of a person) that is in the act of committing a crime; that is still bearing evidence of having just committed a crime; = red-handed adj. 1a. Chiefly in to be taken red-hand. Now rare.Common in the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > and caught in the act red-handc1430 deprehended1655 red-handed1819 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] > with clear evidence of guilt red-handc1430 red-handed1819 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > catch in the act to be taken red-handc1430 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > violating the law > committing an offence > in the act of red-handc1430 red-handed1819 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested > be caught in the act to be taken red-hand1535 to be caught (also taken) red-handed1819 c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 375/1 De recenti crimine quod dicitur redhand. 1432 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1432/3/2 Gif he may be ouretakyn he salbe put in sikkir festines quhil the law be done on hym..Ande be it red hand it salbe done within that sone. 1508 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 234/1 Trespassouris and thevis..that beis apprehendit within the samyn that ar tane redehand. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 274 That samin carle..Come the thrid nycht,..To steill the irnes, and wes tane reid hand. 1580–1 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. III. 346 The said justice and warden sall tak na mannis tennent or servand for executing of justice upoun him, except he be tane reid~hand. 1618 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 236 The said Thomas Grant wes tane flagranti crimine and reid hand. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 136 If he be not taken red hand, the Sheriff cannot proceed against him. 1700 in Hector Judic. Recs. Renfrewsh. (1876) 188 Taken red hand with soume small goods a little from the house. 1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iv. §4 The case where the murderer is seized red-hand or in the act. 1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages vi. 182 The murderer taken red-hand..was ‘justified’..without any unnecessary or inconvenient delays of process. 1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby vii We'll tak' the hoos i' the flank, an' catch the twa o' them reid-hand. 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 19 542 The offender was taken ‘red-hand’. 2. Of a person: bloodthirsty, violent; = red-handed adj. 1b. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > [adjective] > eager to kill sanguinolent1577 sanguineous1612 sanguisugous1615 sanguinary1623 sanguinarian1637 sanguinarious1654 sanguinous1663 sanguine1705 bloodhot1866 red-handed1879 red-hand1894 kill-crazy1942 shoot-to-kill1973 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xlv. 381 I was known for a gypsy and a red-hand follower of the chief persecutor. B. n. Usually as two words. 1. Scots Law. with (the) red hand: in the act of committing a crime; bearing clear evidence of having just committed a crime. Also †without red hand: without clear evidence of guilt. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [phrase] > with clear evidence of guilt with (the) red handc1430 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [phrase] > committing a crime > in the act of with (the) red handc1430 with (later in) the mainour (usually manner)1530 in flagrant delict1819 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adverb] > without clear evidence of guilt without red hand1597 c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 375/1 Si latro comprehensus fuerit cum fang hoc est hande habande aut homicidia cum redhand. c1500 Barounis Lawis f. 15^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Red(e)-hand Gif he be taken with a reid hand freschly or with mannis slauchtir or with reid hand in thift. 1577–8 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. II. 666 The said Alexander Winsister wes not takin with reidhand. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Schireff Gif he beis apprehended with reid hand Justice sall be done within that Sunne. And gif he be taken and apprehended without read hand, Hee salbe put in prison. 1609 J. Skene tr. Quoniam Attach. in Regiam Majestatem c. 39 §2 Gif he is takin with reid or hait hand of slauchter. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. xix. 195 This manifest Theft, is called Theft with red hand. 1729 C. Areskine in Trial J. Carnegie 14 If the Slayer is taken with red Hand, the Law shall be done upon him within that Sun; which cannot be understood of a Crime not capital. 1758 H. H. Kames Hist. Law-tracts I. vii. 331 A man taken in the act of murder, or with red hand, as expressed in our law, must have justice done upon him by the sheriff within three suns. 1878 H. C. Lea Superstit. & Force (ed. 3) 23 (note) A murderer was allowed to rebut with his single oath all testimony as to his guilt, unless he chanced to be caught with the red hand. 1910 A. Duff Hist. Old Test. Crit. iii. 51 The barbaric horder might take the fancy..to slay with red hand every man, woman, and child that might be in the way. 1927 E. Weekley More Words Anc. & Mod. (1971) 129 Red-handed has a fine archaic 12th-century ring, but was coined by Scott himself from the old legal phrase ‘with red hand’. 2. Heraldry. Frequently in the red hand of Ulster: the arms or badge of Ulster, a red left hand cut off squarely at the wrist. Cf. bloody hand n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [noun] > hand > red hand of Ulster bloody handc1571 baronet's hand1710 red-hand1795 1795 T. Brydson Summary View Heraldry iv. 122 The arms of Ulster, a red hand on a white field, are borne as arms of dignity. 1833 T. Moore Wks. Lord Byron 97 (note) The Red Hand of Ulster..marks [t]he shield of a baronet of the United Kingdom. 1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 670/2 From the connexion of the first baronets with Ulster, they were allowed to place in their armorial coat the open red hand heretofore borne by the forfeited O'Neils, the noted Lamh derg Eirin, or red hand of Ulster. 1934 Geogr. Jrnl. 84 489 The fingers and thumb, in this hand-imprint, were not outspread but close and parallel, like the Red Hand of Ulster. 1963 M. Caulfield Easter Rebellion 4 Boerlike slouch hats pinned up at one side with the Red Hand, their union badge. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men iv. 33 Stanley had been a high-up in the Red Hand Commandos, a Loyalist terror group with a penchant for hacking up innocent Catholics. 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