The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles - Little, William, 1848-1922.; Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933; Coulson, Jessie Senior, 1903-; Onions, Charles Talbut, 1873-1965; Friedrichsen, G. W. S. (George Washington Salisbury) (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1973)
"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."
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