† ˈdrossel, drosell Obs.
[Origin obscure: cf. drazel, dratchell.]
A sloven, a slut.
| 1581 T. Nuce Seneca's Octavia iv, That drosell dyre, that furious slut, Erin. 1602 Warner Alb. Eng. ix. xlvii. (1612) 219 Now dwels each Drossell in her Glasse. 1617 Minsheu Ductor, Panguts..an vnweldie Drossell, nothing but guts. |