Sausage \Sau"sage\ (?; 48), n. [F. saucisse, LL. salcitia, salsicia, fr. salsa. See Sauce.]

1. An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.

2. A saucisson. See Saucisson. --Wilhelm.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)