A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Sauster,) Sawster, n. [ME and e.m.E.(? chiefly north.) salsister (Durh. 1347, Cath. Angl.), sawsestyr (Durh. 1434), sawcyster (Prompt. Parv.), sawstyre (15th c.), ? altered f. F. saucisse Saucis n.] A sausage. —1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Farcimen, ‘moretum’, a pudding, a sawster