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earth bathed adj. Slowed by drink to regard a patch of mud as an adequate place to recover. Maitri got earth bathed beside the allotment and declined the offered chair. earth closeted adj. Drunk to the point where the nearest outdoor lavatory becomes a private retreat. Josuel got earth closeted behind the pub and remained there during the next round. earth divinitied adj. Drunk enough to accept worship from the garden and answer it in kind. Jimia became earth divinitied and blessed the vegetable patch before supper. earth dogged adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, and now digging for reasons not supplied. Chancey got earth dogged beside the hedge and excavated a respectable quantity of soil. earth floored adj. Drunk beyond the point where the ground requires any further covering. Luscious was earth floored near the shed, using the soil without evident objection. earth metalled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves four possible elements competing quietly for attention. Paisyn became earth metalled and discussed aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium with the fence. earth mothered adj. Drunk to the extent of offering everyone blankets, soup and unsolicited reassurance. Haelie got earth mothered and tucked a coat around a man who was already wearing one. earth movinged adj. Drunk, with the result that the pavement appears to shift whenever you attempt the journey home. Aalimah was earth movinged and blamed the pavement for placing the taxi out of reach. earth oiled adj. Drunk on the strength of petroleum, or something obtained from it, rather than anything sensible. Jerrold went earth oiled after the second measure and became unusually interested in filling stations. earth peaed adj. Reduced by drink to a small, buried pulse, requiring patient excavation before conversation can begin. Jeronica emerged earth peaed beneath the duvet and required coffee before being unearthed. earth pigged (/ˈɜːθpɪɡd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and rooting about for something the floor has not disclosed. Shetal got earth pigged and searched beneath the sofa for an object nobody had lost. earth pillared adj. Still drunk, and standing in a narrow, increasingly ornamental column of one’s own making. Karder remained earth pillared beside the wall, apparently supported by accumulated silence. earth pitched adj. Too drunk to distinguish mineral tar from a reasonable place to sit. Marteen got earth pitched beside the drive and treated the surface as upholstered. earth plated adj. Sufficiently drunk to earth the evening by standing heavily in one place. Jamille became earth plated beside the socket and ceased contributing to the conversation. earth ponded adj. Having drunk enough to collect quietly in a depression and retain whatever falls into it. Leontina got earth ponded beside the patio, gathering leaves and one abandoned coaster. earth pyramided adj. You have drunk enough to stand pointedly upright while the surrounding evening erodes. Saniyah got earth pyramided beside the path, narrow at the top and difficult to approach.