— sausagelike , adj.
/saw"sij/ or, esp. Brit., /sos"ij/ , n.
1. minced pork, beef, or other meats, often combined, together with various added ingredients and seasonings, usually stuffed into a prepared intestine or other casing and often made in links.
2. Aeron. a sausage-shaped observation balloon, formerly used in warfare.
[ 1400-50; late ME sausige sausiche salsicia, neut. pl. of SALSICIUS seasoned with salt, deriv. of L salsus salted. See SAUCE, -ITIOUS ]