The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles
1993
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This abridged edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" contains 220,000 entries, and illustrates definitions with quotations which show precisely how the meaning of words have changed over the centuries.
Main title:
The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles / edited by Lesley Brown.
Author:
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.
Collation:
2 v. (xxvi,3801p) ; 29cm.
Notes:
Includes indexes.
ISBN:
9780198611349
Dewey class:
423
Language:
English
BRN:
179343