The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dretch \Dretch\, v. t. & i. See Drecche. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (context transitive English) To vex; grill; trouble; oppress. Etymology 2
alt. 1 (context intransitive English) To delay; linger; tarry. 2 (context intransitive UK dialectal Scotland English) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter. n. 1 An idle wench; a slattern. 2 (context UK dialectal Scotland English) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To delay; linger; tarry. 2 (context intransitive UK dialectal Scotland English) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.
Wikipedia
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the dretch is a type of demon.
Usage examples of "dretch".
Finally, when a party of drow do venture out, they come straight through here, something they would normally avoid like the stink on a dretch, and lastly, they have a draegloth accompanying them, which means drow noble Houses are somehow personally involved.
It is but dretching of swevens, said Sir Bors, for I doubt not Sir Launcelot aileth nothing but good.
Sir, said Sir Bors, after ye were departed from us, we all that be of your blood and your well-willers were so dretched that some of us leapt out of our beds naked, and some in their dreams caught naked swords in their hands.