The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles
By: prepared by William Little, H. W. Fowler and Jessie Coulson; revised and edited by C. T. Onions.
Contributors: Fowler, H. W. 1858-1933, joint author.; Coulson, Jessie Senior, 1903- joint author.; Onions, Charles Talbut, 1873-1965, ed.; Friedrichsen, G. W. S.
Edition: 3rd. ed.; completely reset with etymologies revised by G. W. S. Friedrichsen and with revised addenda.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2672
Subjects: English language -- Dictionaries; English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries
Other titles: Oxford English dictionary.
Notes: "An abridgement officially authorized by the Delegates of the Oxford University Press of A new English dictionary on historical principles, later known as The Oxford English dictionary."