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beard loused adj. The state of being drunk and conducting a careful, fruitless inspection of the collar for passengers. Maxson became beard loused in the taxi, removing invisible insects from his lapel. beard mossed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a soft, hanging fringe from the coat rack and refuses to remove it. Elay left beard mossed, carrying the coat-room fringe through the rain. beard netted adj. Drunk by closing time, and securing loose facial and winter clothing as one arrangement. Ekram got beard netted and fastened his scarf over everything else. beard oiled adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying solemn moisturising principles to every facial hair within reach. Valor became beard oiled and lectured the barman on the proper treatment of whiskers. beard pencilled adj. Drunk by closing time, and correcting facial boundaries with the confidence of a minor portraitist. Annavictoria arrived beard pencilled and added definition to three strangers' sideburns. beard penned adj. Drunk by the third round, and recolouring the margins of the evening with a cosmetic implement. Zakyra grew beard penned and gave the menu a more authoritative moustache. beard rashed adj. Still drunk, and treating every minor irritation beneath the chin as a matter for formal investigation. Goshen was beard rashed, requesting a second opinion on the redness beneath his jaw. beard treed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a hazel from a hedge, yet determined to identify one botanically. Mcclellan became beard treed and classified the pub's coat stand as a hazel. beard wormed adj. Sufficiently drunk to imagine filamentous marine worms emerging from the chin, and to welcome them. Daelynn went beard wormed and assured the landlord that the whiskers were symbiotic. beard-seconded adj. Having drunk enough to measure personal decline in nanometres of facial-hair growth. Nellis was beard-seconded, reporting each pause in conversation as a measurable increment. beard-strokinged adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with contemplation, particularly the pretentious variety. Tashianna grew beard-strokinged and pronounced the silence structurally significant. beardaged adj. You have drunk enough to regard facial hair as a quantity requiring estimation by volume. Regenald was beardaged and calculated the contents of his chin by the pint. bearded (/bɪədd/) adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a stranger's facial hair for a familiar landmark on the way home. Elsee got bearded outside the pub and followed a moustache towards the railway station. bearded clammed adj. Of a drinker: vulgarly preoccupied with shellfish terminology and the anatomy it resembles. Kelaya became bearded clammed and delivered an inadvisable lecture beside the cloakroom. bearded collied adj. The state of being drunk and shaggy in purpose, gathering everyone together for a sit-down. Everardo got bearded collied and assembled the guests beside the radiator. bearded creepered adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the slow, invasive persistence of an uninvited weed. Aliah grew bearded creepered and extended the conversation into neighbouring tables.