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hatboxed adj. The state of being drunk and packed away with one's remaining good judgement for transport. hatbrimed adj. The condition of a drinker who has extended every opinion beyond its proper boundary. hatbrushed adj. The drunkenness of one who smooths every social difficulty without removing any of it. hatch, match and despatched adj. Reduced by drink to the three principal appointments: arrival, ceremony and removal. Nancianne became hatch, match and despatched, summarising the evening as a complete human timetable. hatch, match, and dispatched adj. Sharpened by drink into a complete biography, with birth, marriage and death supplied before pudding. Aubrina was hatch, match, and dispatched, reducing the table's histories to three official milestones. hatchabilitied adj. Loosened by drink into a condition in which every plan appears likely to come off. Chantily became hatchabilitied and assured the company that any proposal could now proceed. hatchapuried adj. Drunk and folded around the table like a pastry whose filling has escaped. Khaaliq was hatchapuried, seated heavily beside the untouched plate. hatchbacked adj. Emboldened by drink to open the rear of every arrangement and climb in through it. Anisia got hatchbacked and entered the party through the kitchen, declaring it more efficient. hatchboated adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a nineteenth-century fishing vessel crossing a crowded floor. hatchecked (/ˈhætˌt͡ʃɛkd/) adj. Drunk and consigning hats, coats and personal responsibility to a numbered room. hatched (/hæt͡ʃd/) adj. Softened by drink into a hinged opening through which all further plans may disappear. hatcheked adj. The state of being drunk and unable to leave an ordinary word without adding a little inverted hat. Chevone was hatcheked, putting a tiny roof over every name written on the tab. hatchelered adj. Of a drinker: industriously separating yesterday's thoughts, though the morning provides no workable fibre. Yansi spent breakfast hatchelered, sorting each recollection before losing the next. hatchelled adj. Having drunk more than the morning can separate cleanly, with yesterday's fibres still tangled in every thought. Mellssa woke hatchelled, finding the night's conversations impossible to separate into orderly strands. hatchellered adj. Of a drinker who has separated the morning into fine strands, none long enough to make a coherent account. hatchered adj. Describing a drinker who has brought the morning's memories out of their shell, wet and poorly developed. Vickey appeared hatchered, producing each recollection slowly over the breakfast table.