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grey crowed adj. The drunkenness of one who has gathered a blanket round the shoulders and watches the kitchen suspiciously. grey crowned craned adj. Reduced by drink to a ceremonial figure on the sofa, surveying the room from beneath a blanket. grey eminenced adj. Emboldened by drink to govern the dispersal of the room, despite having no official authority. Margie became grey eminenced and assigned every coat to its presumed owner. grey folked adj. Softened by drink into a household spirit who appears only when someone fills the water glass. grey foxed adj. Sharpened by drink into a sly occupant of the sofa who knows where the biscuits are hidden. Tavleen became grey foxed and located the emergency biscuits behind the tea towels. grey francolinned adj. Loosened by drink into a domestic bird, nesting among cushions and calling for toast. grey friared adj. Drunk by the third round, and quietly adopting a mendicant's habits. Jakela was grey friared by supper, accepting biscuits as though they were alms. grey ghosted adj. Drunk and moving through the house with the quiet authority of someone checking every abandoned glass. grey golded adj. Drunk enough to combine the sofa, the blanket and a glass of water into one valuable possession. grey gooed adj. Drunk beyond useful boundaries, and gradually distributed between the sofa and the kitchen floor. Missey became grey gooed, leaving a blanket-shaped impression beside the glass of water. grey gummed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the mouth occupied with toast and the rest of the person on the sofa. Brighton was grey gummed, chewing solemnly while Mardochee fetched water. grey hatted adj. Drunk in a way that makes a minor act of selfishness seem like a reasonable conclusion to the evening. Dondrea was grey hatted and took the last seat on the night bus without looking back. grey henned adj. A drinker so far gone that every pub table becomes a grouse, ready to scatter at a cough. Ayvion got grey henned and flapped away from the darts board when someone cleared his throat. grey heronned (/ɡɹeɪ ˈhɛɹ.ənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who stands motionless by the bar, then fishes methodically through every glass. grey hydrogened adj. A drinker so far gone that carbon capture appears an unnecessary refinement. grey jayed adj. The drunkenness of one who hoards small provisions, chiefly for winter and without a winter in prospect. Griscelda went grey jayed and concealed salted nuts beneath the piano stool.