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sau⋅sage
[saw-sij or, especially Brit., sos-ij] 
sɪdʒ
–noun
| 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. | Aeronautics. a sausage-shaped observation balloon, formerly used in warfare. |
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| sau·sage (sô'sĭj) n. Finely chopped and seasoned meat, especially pork, usually stuffed into a prepared animal intestine or other casing and cooked or cured. [Middle English sausige, from Anglo-Norman sausiche, from Vulgar Latin *salsīcia, from Late Latin, neuter pl. of salsīcius, prepared by salting, from salsus, salted; see sauce.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : sausage
Spanish:
salchicha,
German:
die Wurst,
Japanese:
ソーセージ
sausage
c.1450, sawsyge, from O.N.Fr. saussiche (fr. saucisse), from V.L. *salsica "sausage," from salsicus "seasoned with salt," from L. salsus "salted" (see sauce).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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