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cloth halled adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct a medieval market from the nearest room, with textiles, leather and spices all represented. Nara was cloth halled and offered imaginary silk to guests waiting for the actual pudding. cloth nappied adj. Having drunk enough to require absorbent management, preferably of the washable Commonwealth variety. Jacub was cloth nappied by midnight and handled the remainder of the evening as a domestic exercise. cloth of golded adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warrants, and acquiring a costly-looking lustre unsupported by the lighting. Tyquisha grew cloth of golded and treated the bar towel as a ceremonial textile. cloth of tissued adj. You have drunk enough to develop a rich pile, metallic highlights and no useful response to questioning. Mcarthur was cloth of tissued, luxuriant in manner and unavailable for practical instructions. cloth padded adj. You are drunk and equipped, in principle, for repeated absorption; in practice, the arrangement is failing. cloth-earsed adj. Of a drinker: unable to hear clearly, particularly when the sentence concerns another round. Ibadat was cloth-earsed and answered the question about taxis with an account of the weather. clothbacked adj. Drunk past the point of treating the morning's clothes as a book, and reading them from the binding inward. Numa arrived clothbacked, inspecting his dressing gown as though its spine contained yesterday's events. clothed (/klɔθd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapped in enough practical material to mistake upholstery for formal attire. Dara arrived clothed, wearing the restaurant's spare napkins as though they constituted evening dress. clothednessed adj. Drunk beyond caring whether the morning's clothes constitute a complete outfit, provided they remain on. Jonahan came downstairs clothednessed, wearing one sock and a tie with his pyjamas. clothes bagged adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's belongings gathered into one heavy, military-looking bundle. clothes basketed adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently putting every garment in the wrong container. Clessie was clothes basketed, directing clean shirts into the laundry hamper with considerable authority. clothes brushed adj. Drunk enough to attend to the presentability of others, solemnly and at length, during an unrelated conversation. Lyniyah was clothes brushed by eleven, moving between guests with the focused attention of a backstage dresser. clothes driered adj. Drunk past the point of coming out of the evening's rotation any less creased than when it started. Chaunci arrived home clothes driered, warm, slightly rumpled, having completed several identical loops since seven. clothes dryerred adj. Drunk on the strength of a heated rotation through the night, with the morning's creases redistributed rather than removed. Inaara woke clothes dryerred, having spent the night turning over and improving nothing. clothes hangered adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing upright only by the morning wardrobe's silent assistance. Usmaan remained clothes hangered beside the coat stand until someone brought him tea. clothes horsed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a drying frame for a reliable means of transport.