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call to the barred adj. Softened by drink into regarding the pub as a court and the landlord as its natural judge. Kanaiyah was call to the barred by morning, pleading her case outside the locked pub. call treed adj. Sharpened by drink into passing each piece of morning news down a hierarchy until everyone knows the headache. call valued adj. Loosened by drink into assigning a cash settlement to every promise made before the bond with sobriety matured. Cashtin was call valued by morning, pricing each promise made after midnight. call waitinged adj. Too drunk to put one conversation on hold while confidently accepting another. Dameyon put Janiesha on hold to answer a call from nobody, thoroughly call waitinged. call-and-responsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting the journey home through alternating declarations and immediate replies. Awab was call-and-responsed, announcing each turn before Manfredo could ask where they were going. call-boyed adj. Drunk past the point of fetching your own water, but not past the point of arranging its delivery. Meagan was call-boyed on the sofa, summoning Gurjaap for a glass from the kitchen. call-by-futured adj. Having drunk enough to let every pending decision proceed at once, without supervision. Finnian became call-by-futured and accepted invitations whose times plainly overlapped. call-by-named adj. You have drunk enough to explain things afresh each time someone asks, whether or not they did. Kentrail was call-by-named, offering a new account whenever anyone glanced his way. call-by-needed adj. Of a drinker: every decision is postponed until the moment it becomes inconvenient not to make it. Morrine was call-by-needed and chose a destination only when the taxi arrived. call-by-referenced adj. Describing a drinker who treats a passing suggestion as a complete plan and follows its pointer. Adaya became call-by-referenced and followed a stranger's gesture towards the station. call-by-valued adj. The state of being drunk and treating the outcome of a decision as proof that the decision was sound. Luedora, call-by-valued, regarded the wrong train as confirmation of her route. call-girled adj. Drunk on the strength of a private telephone arrangement, though the proposed appointment remains conspicuously public. Adhav got call-girled and negotiated an engagement with someone already sharing his table. call-in showed adj. The drunkenness of one who invites every bystander to contribute to a decision already made. Dejahnay went call-in showed, polling strangers about whether Virma should take the train. call-inned adj. The condition of a drinker who phones a public programme to settle a private disagreement. Harleigh-mai became call-inned and rang the station to correct Virjinia's choice of restaurant. call-offed adj. Reduced by drink to cancelling the sensible arrangement and defending the cancellation as strategy. Francsico was call-offed and cancelled the taxi, certain that walking home was tactically superior. call-out cultured adj. Loosened by drink into publicly correcting acquaintances for conduct that had seemed tolerable moments earlier. Tage got call-out cultured and reviewed everyone's table manners aloud.