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CHAPTER XVII. THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS 129 ECCLESIASTICAL NAMES 131 PILGRIMS 132 CHAPTER XVIII. TRADES AND CRAFTS 133 ARCHERY 133 CLOTHIERS 134 METAL WORKERS 136 SURNOMINAL SNOBBISHNESS 138 CHAPTER XIX. HODGE AND HIS FRIENDS 140 BUMBLEDOM 141 ITINERANT MERCHANTS 143 CHAPTER XX. OFFICIAL AND DOMESTIC 145 THE HOUSEHOLD 146 CHAPTER XXI. OF NICKNAMES IN GENERAL 149 FOREIGN NICKNAMES 150 KINSHIP 152 ABSTRACTS 154 COSTUME 155 PHYSICAL FEATURES 157 IMPRECATIONS 159 PHRASE-NAMES 160 MISCELLANEOUS 162 CHAPTER XXII. ADJECTIVAL NICKNAMES 163 ARCHAIC MEANINGS 163 DISGUISED SPELLINGS 165 FRENCH ADJECTIVES 166 COLOUR NAMES 167 CHAPTER XXIII. BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES 170 BIRDS 171 HAWK NAMES 173 BEASTS 174 FISHES 176 SPECIAL FEATURES 177 Advertising material from the end of the book 180 THE ROMANCE OF NAMES PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION In preparing this revised edition I have been able to make use of much information conveyed to me by readers interested in the subject. The general arrangement of the book remains unchanged, but a certain number of statements have been modified, corrected, or suppressed. The study of
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