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crow titted adj. Reduced by drink to a small, curved-billed creature, chirping brightly while making little practical progress. Toma was crow titted, chattering at the fruit machine with a beak-like certainty. crow to picked adj. Sufficiently drunk to discover an old grievance in every person who has bought you a drink. Briarrose got crow to picked and pursued a disagreeable matter with the quiet focus of closing time. crow to plucked adj. Having drunk enough to remove every remaining feather from a disagreement and present the bare dispute at the bar. Mazlyn was crow to plucked, stripping an old argument down to its least useful details. crow to pulled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can sensibly bear, and tugging an old quarrel into the open. Lida was crow to pulled, hauling a forgotten grievance into the light beside the pumps. crow's aged adj. You have drunk enough to regard a very long time as the proper interval before your next round. Suszanne was crow's aged and said she had been waiting for the crisps since a distant reign. crow's ashed adj. You are drunk and branching into the room with the quiet, rain-forest confidence of a substantial tree. Hallie-grace was crow's ashed, spreading through the snug and taking root beside the fire. crow's billed adj. Of a drinker: equipped, after several pints, to seize the smallest disagreement with remarkable precision. Myra was crow's billed, picking at a minor complaint with the accuracy of fine forceps. crow's footed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired several small wrinkles at the eyes from smiling at people who are not there. Amoya was crow's footed, smiling into the corner as though an old friend had arrived. crow's nested adj. A drinker who has climbed to the highest available seat to keep watch for another round. Kaide was crow's nested on the windowsill, scanning the bar for a fresh arrival of drinks. crow's-nested adj. A drinker so far gone that the top of the nearest chair has become a lookout post. Matayah was crow's-nested on the banquette, keeping watch over a room that was not moving. crow-billed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the evening as a surgical extraction, but only of the last crisp. Vitani grew crow-billed and tried to remove a crisp from the packet with ceremonial forceps. crow-eatered adj. Drunk on the strength of a borrowed place-name, which must now be shared with everyone present. Shamea became crow-eatered and introduced herself to three strangers using a detailed account of where she lived. crow-lined adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds in a perfectly direct line, provided the room is empty. Delayney was crow-lined from the bar to the lavatory, despite three unnecessary alterations of course. crow-silked adj. The drunkenness of one who has spread in fine, filamentous strands through every conversation in the pub. Anashe was crow-silked, trailing delicate threads of conversation from the bar to the dartboard. crow-titted adj. Softened by drink into a small, parrot-billed conversationalist with considerable confidence and limited direction. Onzell was crow-titted, cheerfully curved into the conversation and repeating its brightest fragments. crowbaited adj. Sharpened by drink into an old, thin-looking nag who nevertheless intends to finish the round on foot. Jamesdean was crowbaited, narrow in the shoulders and determined to outlast the landlord.