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: Little, William.; Coulson, Jessie, 1903-; Onions, C. T. 1873-1965.; Friedrichsen, G. W. S.; Fowler, H. W. 1858-1933.
Edition: 3rd ed. / completely reset with etymologies revised by G.W.S. Friedrichsen and with revised addenda and corrections (1980).
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Notes: In 2 vols.

Third ed. originally published: 1944.