The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles
By: prepared by William Little, H.W. Fowler and J. Coulson ; revised and edited by C.T. Onions.
Contributors: Fowler, H. W. 1858-1933.; Coulson, Jessie Senior, 1903- .; Onions, C. T. 1873-1965.
Edition: 3rd. ed. rev. with addenda.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2515
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." -- Pref.