The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles
By: prepared by William Little, H.W. Fowler [and] J. Coulson, rev. and edited by C.T. Onions
Contributors: Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933, editor; Coulson, Jessie, 1903-1987, editor; Onions, C. T. (Charles Talbut), 1873-1965, editor
Edition: 3d ed., rev. with addenda.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1950
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2494
Subjects: English language; Dictionaries
Other titles: Oxford English dictionary.
Notes: "Third edition 1944; reprinted, with corrections, 1947; reprinted 1950."

"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.