Sentence:  As it was, the whole family loved it, and the Doctor was never better inspired than when he narrated its imaginary story and drew the character of its successive masters, from the Hebrew merchant who had re-edified its walls after the sack of the town, and past the mysterious engraver of the runes, down to the long-headed, <WSD>dirty-handed</WSD> boor from whom he had himself acquired it at a ruinous expense. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Working-class, rough or boorish