dial. and U.S. Also sossel. [Cf. SOSS v.1]
1. trans. To mix or mingle in a sloppy manner.
1836. W. Cooper, Sussex Gloss., 31. Sossle,… to make a slop.
1876. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., 180/2. Sozzled up,… mingled as mince meats in a mess.
2. U.S. a. To splash; to wash by splashing.
1845. S. Judd, Margaret, I. ii. 8. She [Margaret] sat down and sozzled her feet in the foam.
1892. H. Garland, in Century Mag., April, 914/2. Rolling up his sleeves preparatory to sozzling his face at the sink.
b. (See quot.) Also intr.
1848. Bartlett, Dict. Amer., 321. To Sozzle. To loll; to lounge; to go lazily or sluttishly about the house…. ‘This woman sozzles up her work.’
1878. Rose T. Cooke, Happy Dodd, xxxiii. (Thornton). A great lazy sozzlin’ girl.
