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Show Snrnames Which indicate Trades. Curious names of obsoleto trades are to bo met with in medieval records. rec-ords. Somo obsoleto names of trades survlvo in surnames, such as Webster, Web-ster, Lister, Wulkor. in tho four-toenth four-toenth century tho weaver was known as tho "wobster," tho dyer was tho "lyster," and the workmen who trod tho cloth In tho dye-vat was tho "walker." Tho "arkwryght" mado tho arks or chests in which clothes or meal were stored, and tho smith was frequently dubbed tho "faber," this lat-tor lat-tor being ono of tho rare cases in which the Latin translation of a craft has become a common surname. When tho "cotteler" had forged an edged tool tho "blomcr" finished it off. or put tho bloom on; the "chap, man" travoled with goods from door to door, and tho "coke" baked coiln and sold them. |