Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

sausage
     n 1: highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
     2: a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a
        barrage balloon [syn: {blimp}, {sausage balloon}]