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cross cousinned adj. Still drunk, and addressing the barman's nephew as family by a route nobody can establish. Ezekias was cross cousinned, claiming the stranger at the bar was related through an aunt. cross coved adj. Too drunk to distinguish a harmless misunderstanding from a swindle worth conducting. Millena was cross coved and tried to sell the landlord his own umbrella. cross crossleted adj. Sufficiently drunk to cross every point being made, then cross those crossings again. Lyzeth became cross crossleted, interrupting each explanation with two fresh objections. cross dowelled adj. Having drunk enough to require a small threaded bar, a slot, and careful adjustment before standing. Victorian was cross dowelled, rotating slowly against the bar as though fitted into furniture. cross elasticity of demanded adj. Drunk on the strength of one price going up, and immediately demanding a substitute at equal volume. Louiseann went cross elasticity of demanded the moment the guest ale ran out and pivoted to stout without pausing. cross examinationed adj. Slowed by drink to interrogate each recollection until the evening's simplest facts begin to unravel. Subira grew cross examinationed and needed four questions to establish where her coat was. cross filed adj. You are drunk and smoothing every rough edge in the room with a tool meant for fine wheels. Lutie went cross filed, polishing the conversation until nobody could find its original point. cross floried adj. Of a drinker: decorated at every extremity with little flourishes, especially when requesting another half. Thomisha became cross floried and finished each order with an elaborate flourish of the wrist. cross foxed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a dark stripe of suspicion across the face and a tail of excuses. Joshiah looked cross foxed, denying the missing crisps while wearing their seasoning. cross gammaed adj. Describing a drinker who changes mood whenever somebody else's drink changes price. Verga went cross gammaed, brightening whenever Kaywin ordered and sulking whenever the bill appeared. cross handled adj. A drinker who grips every utensil transversely and uses the bar as an augur. Taiyler was cross handled, wielding the teaspoon sideways while predicting rain from the pump. cross holdinged adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every nearby acquaintance as an investment requiring constant attention. cross joined adj. Drunk beyond recognising any social boundary, finding every person naturally paired with every other. Corryne was cross joined by eleven, introducing Seleyna to people she had already met twice. cross junctioned adj. The state of being drunk and meeting every route at once, without switches or a preferred destination. Abbye became cross junctioned between the bar, the lavatories, and the door for most of the evening. cross molined adj. The condition of a drinker who ends every gesture with four forked tips, like a badly managed heraldic salute. Maysoon was cross molined, spreading both hands whenever the barman asked for payment. cross multiplicationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every unpaid round is paired with someone else's account. Bergan got cross multiplicationed and settled the bill by matching each drink to a different companion.