Definition of "unhand"

unhand

/ʌnˈhænd/

verb
third-person singular simple present unhands, present participle unhanding, simple past and past participle unhanded
1. To release from the hand; to let go.
  Quotations
  He holds him with his skinny hand,"There was a ship," quoth he."Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
  1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part 1, lines 9-12
  “Unhand' the lady!” said Vernon, in a severe tone, as, at the same time, he draw from his pocket a pistol. “Unhand her!” and he approached the lawyer
  1853, Oliver Optic, Hatchie, The Guardian Slave or The Heiress of Bellevue. A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west‎, B. B. Mussey and Company, and R. B. Fitts and Company, Chapter XXX, page 305
  As he dried the last toe, she said, “Thank you. You may now unhand my feet”
  2008, Anne Gracie, The Stolen Princess‎, Berkley Books, Chapter Two, page 33