The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles.Third Edition, revised with addenda. Onions:, C.T. (Editor) London: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd., 1989. Two thick hardcover volumes, 2672 pages, illus. Very Good; No Dust-Jacket; Words and meanings are set out to reveal their chronological sequence of development since the days of King Alfred. Obsolete, archaic and dialectal uses are included, as well as modern technical and scientific words.
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