Eighth Edition (1990: The Concise O. Dictionary of Current English.   Being computer-based, this edition changed the original structure to a large extent.
Concise O. English Dictionary is probably the best-known of the 'smaller' O. dictionaries. It was started as a derivative of the O. English Dictionary (OED), although section S–Z had to be written before the O. English Dictionary reached that stage.

In clear, non-technical language, this dictionary of more than 1,000 literary terms and themes takes an expanded view of the term "literary." This book gives readers not only a traditional literary vocabulary, but also the knowledge of related theoretical, historical, and cultural terms they need in the interdisciplinary world of contemporary literary studies.

Includes more than 1,700 English-language proverbs.
Proverbs are listed alphabetically, and each entry includes an explanation, an example from literature, origin, variants, cross references when appropriate, and a list of sayings with similar or opposite meanings.
The book concludes with indexes by keyword and by theme as well as a bibliography.

The first purpose of any student's dictionary is to provide the basic information necessary to be able to understand a meaning, decipher a pronunciation, make a correct syllable break, and employ vocabulary appropriate to a particular situation. "The Facts On File Student's Dictionary of American English" is designed to provide such information as accurately, concisely, and clearly as possible.

This updated and expanded edition of a popular title explains the meanings and origins of almost 4,000 cliches and common expressions. Each entry in "The Facts On File Dictionary of Cliches, Second Edition" includes the meaning of the cliche or expression, its origin and early uses, the historical development of the phrase, and its present-day usage.