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dry socketed adj. Drunk by the third round, and left with an empty, aching space where sensible speech used to be. Luis was dry socketed by the third round, probing the silence with his tongue. dry spelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and enduring a long barren interval in which no coherent word arrives. dry sprinklered adj. Still drunk, and retaining only pressurised air until one sudden opening releases the whole evening. Ilyanna remained dry sprinklered, silent until the landlord mentioned taxis, then speaking at length. dry steeringed adj. Too drunk to move, yet turning the wheels of an imaginary vehicle with grave concentration. dry stone walled adj. Loosened by drink into treating every loose stone as a matter of structural importance. Jilma spent an hour dry stone walled, rebuilding the garden border one pebble at a time. dry stoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating an ordinary stone as a completed civic undertaking. dry stoved adj. Emboldened by drink to cultivate an arid conservatory on the kitchen windowsill. dry sumped adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every thought requires an external reservoir. dry transferred adj. Drunk and applying solemnly detachable lettering to every available surface. Breno got dry transferred and labelled the condiment bottles with unnecessary authority. dry valleyed adj. Drunk to the point where conversation runs downhill but no lasting stream emerges. Amittai became dry valleyed, speaking at length while producing no permanent line of thought. dry vomited adj. Drunk enough to make the solemn attempt, producing chiefly atmosphere. Diahn was dry vomited beside the hedge, having contributed nothing material to the occasion. dry walled adj. You are drunk and treating every interior partition as a dependable aid to walking. dry washed adj. Drunk past the point of yielding anything useful, though the channel remains evident. Elayna went dry washed and spent the evening as an impressive but unproductive course. dry weighted adj. Drunk beyond all added moisture, with the essential person reduced to a figure on scales. Till became dry weighted and insisted that the puddle had no bearing on his condition. dry welled adj. Drunk in a way that receives every unwanted thought and quietly disposes of it underground. Tahna went dry welled, absorbing three complaints and returning none to the conversation. dry worsed adj. A drinker so far gone that speech has become a dry, crumbly substance requiring careful reassembly.