The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles
prepared by William Little, H. W. Fowler and Jessie Coulson; revised and edited by C. T. Onions
3rd. ed.;completely reset with etymologies revised by G. W. S. Friedrichsen and with revised addenda.
Oxford,
Clarendon Press,
1973
2v.
"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."