Definition of "savoloy"

Savoloys. TAKE ſix pounds of young pork, free it from bone and ſkin, and ſalt it with one ounce of ſalt-petre, and a pound of common ſalt, for two days; [...]

1788, [Hannah] Glasse, “Of Hogs-puddings, Sausages, &c.”, in The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; […], new edition, London: […] J[ohn] Rivington and Sons, […], page 257

GEORGE PUCILL was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of April 15 savoloys, value 1s. 3d.; and ¾lb. tripe, value 2d., the goods of George Anderson, his master. George Anderson. [...] I saw some savoloys projecting from a hole in his smock-frock—I then found fifteen more round his body and over his arms— [...] Thomas Arnold (police constable H. 127) I took the prisoner, and found the tripe and savoloys—he said he was going to take them home for his supper. (The prisoner received a good character, and the prosecutor promised still to employ him.)

1839 May 16, Henry Buckler, “London and Middlesex Cases”, in Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence, Taken in Shorthand, volume XII, London: George Hebert, […], paragraph 1540, page 63

When a local butcher gave her a party savoloy (a highly "treated" sausage) she became so hyperactive for the next six hours, she threw tantrum after tantrum.

1987, Elizabeth Baker, Elton Baker, The Unmedical Book: How to Conquer Disease, Lose Weight, Avoid Suffering & Save Money, [Portland, Or.]: Drelwood Publications, page 103

Sausages, savoloy, meat, black puddings, pies; Aboukheir and Kilbertus (1974).

1998, Andrew Davies, Ron Board, editors, Microbiology of Meat and Poultry, Blackie Academic & Professional, imprint of Chapman & Hall, page 94

The pork butchers had much more to do with meat preparation, as Wall & Garland’s advertisement of 1793 indicated when they opened their Westgate Street shop, listing fresh pork, corned pork, pork sausages, beef sausages, ‘bolognas’, ‘savoloys’, hams and tongues.

2002, Trevor Fawcett, Bath Commercialis’d: Shops, Trades and Market at the 18th-Century Spa, Ruton, page 19