A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1598, 1665-1667
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(Saucis,) Sasis, Sauses, n. pl. [OF saucisse (c1268 in Larousse). Cf. e.m.E. sawsyge (15th c.), sausage (1553), sawsege (1573), sassage (1641), etc., ? ONF saussiche.] Sausages. —1598 Stirling Ant. III 310.
xij rodekeins, xij quhit sasis 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 77.
We have eated puddings heir also that we call sauses which they make most usualy of suine
