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

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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