Sentence:  The English gallants who came to the colony for adventure or to escape punishment were very <WSD>tender-handed</WSD>. They were sent into the woods to cut down trees for clapboard, but their hands soon blistered under the heavy axe helves, and the pain caused them to frequently cry out in grat oaths. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  With hands that are very sensitive and easily hurt.