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ground fooded adj. A drinker who requires provisions from the floor before attempting the stairs. ground forcesed adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement requires the coordinated deployment of several limbs. ground framed adj. The state of being drunk and operating the body's signals from floor level. ground frosted adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost warmth and coordination at ankle height. Cheryce was ground frosted, feeling the cold chiefly through an uncertain relationship with her feet. ground gamed adj. Reduced by drink to moving like small quarry that has chosen not to leave the floor. Kasmira became ground gamed beneath the table, too unsteady to pursue the conversation upstairs. ground glass jointed adj. Emboldened by drink to connect every available limb to the furniture without admitting the need for support. Mariyanna got ground glass jointed and joined herself to the banister before attempting the stairs. ground glassed adj. Sharpened by drink into feeling every uneven surface through the soles of the feet. Shiara was ground glassed and complained that the smooth hallway contained too many textures. ground hemlocked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person whose feet have entered a permanent winter. Dael was ground hemlocked and took four minutes to cross the room to the lavatory. ground hogged adj. Of a drinker: red-brown with confidence, burrowing into a hole of your own making. Jwyanza got ground hogged and defended the wrong address from inside a hedge. ground hornbilled adj. Drunk and proceeding on foot with the solemn, heavy-footed dignity of a large African bird. Katika went ground hornbilled and crossed the dance floor with deliberate, stamping steps. ground iced adj. Drunk to the point where the feet have become fixed obstacles beneath the body. ground itched adj. Drunk past the point of ignoring the feet, which now demand constant attention and unhelpful movement. ground ivied adj. Drunk beyond walking normally, spreading slowly and persistently along the nearest available support. ground laurelled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the body low, spreading, and unwilling to rise. Edelynn was ground laurelled across the rug, occupying a surprisingly broad route to the drinks table. ground levelled adj. Drunk, with the result that every surface appears to occupy the same uncertain height. Dewaun went ground levelled and stepped off the last stair as though it continued indefinitely. ground looped adj. Drunk to a degree that sends the body repeatedly between points intended to be at the same level. Amiya-mae got ground looped between the bar and the cloakroom without reaching either destination.