Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drecche \Drec"che\, v. t. [AS. dreccan, dreccean.]
   1. To vex; to torment; to trouble. [Obs.]

            As man that in his dream is drecched sore.
                                                  --Chaucer.

Drecche \Drec"che\, v. i.
   To delay. [Obs.] --Gower.