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covilled adj. The drunkenness of one who conducts the public-house visit as a temple observance, with wholly private rites. covinged (/ˈkəʊvɪŋd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an architectural junction, concave and unexpectedly prominent above the company. Terrilynn grew covinged and spent ten minutes inspecting the ceiling's upper margin. covinned (/ˈkʌvɪnd/) adj. Softened by drink into fraud, deception, and other practices formerly requiring sharper faculties. Edmae became covinned and sold the same explanation twice before supper. covisitored adj. Loosened by drink into accompanying every visitor, including those who have plainly come alone. covisualizationed adj. Emboldened by drink to picture several incompatible scenes at once and explain them as one. Semetria got covisualizationed and described the bar, a railway, and Tuesday simultaneously. covited adj. Drunk and treating the journey home as a contagious exchange of advice, coughs and unfinished rounds. Lucjan went covited, sharing transport advice with everyone waiting outside the pub. covitrificationed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where separate materials appear destined to become one glassy mass. Ellet became covitrificationed and regarded the ashtray and table as a single future object. covolatilitied adj. Drunk and fluctuating in sympathy with every other unstable presence in the room. Savanh grew covolatilitied, rising and falling whenever the barmaid changed expression. covolumed adj. Drunk to the point where the available space for thought has been apportioned between several internal motions. Larona became covolumed and permitted each unfinished thought a separate orbit. cow belled adj. Loosened by drink into announcing every movement with the solemn sound of a kitchen utensil. Deontea went cow belled, making the cutlery drawer ring while looking for a glass of water. cow bingoed adj. Drunk past the point of predicting where the next unfortunate event will occur, though still marking the grid. Blakleigh was cow bingoed and assigned every square to the puddle near the jukebox. cow bited adj. Drunk beyond applying a large, indiscriminate pinch to anything placed within reach. Ti became cow bited and tested the entire loaf between thumb and fingers. cow blowinged adj. Drunk in a way that inflates every modest prospect of refreshment beyond scientific credibility. Luispablo got cow blowinged and claimed the pub's ventilation would increase the milk supply. cow catchered adj. Drunk, with the result that every obstacle is approached like track debris requiring a broad, forceful clearance. Khiron went cow catchered and swept three umbrellas from the doorway. cow chipped adj. Drunk, with the result that the body becomes dry, round, and suitable only for traditional fuel. Dondrell was cow chipped by midnight, inert beside the radiator and of doubtful domestic use. cow cockied adj. Drunk on the strength of a modest agricultural enterprise and three opinions about dairy management. Ameal grew cow cockied and audited the pub's milk arrangements from the corner seat.