handrail plane

A round-soled plane for dre ing the upper surface of a baluster rail; a capping plane. *hand-ruff, s. [Eng. hand , and ruff . ] The orig. inal name for the ruffle. hănd-sāil, s. [Eng. hand, and sail.] A sail managed by the hand. "The seamen will neither stand to their hand sails, nor suffer the pilot to steer."-Temple.