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hayboxed adj. The state of being drunk and kept warm by whatever insulating arrangement happens to surround you. Delroy was hayboxed beneath three coats, preserving the warmth of the evening for later. haycapped adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a loose covering and mistaken it for practical protection. Yosemite was haycapped by a tea towel and continued confidently into the drizzle. haycarted adj. The drunkenness of one who is being transported chiefly because walking has ceased to be persuasive. Veyda was haycarted from the bar to the taxi, upright only through collective effort. haycationed adj. Reduced by drink to a farm holiday in which every ordinary task becomes communal labour. Munir became haycationed and offered to muck out the pub in exchange for a blanket. haycocked adj. Slowed by drink to settling in a small conical heap wherever the evening leaves you. Anojan became haycocked beside the kebab shop, retaining his coat as a cover. haycockited adj. Sharpened by drink into a mineral presence, metallic in manner and difficult to shift. Alax became haycockited and conducted the argument with a hard, coppery certainty. hayducked adj. Of a drinker who has lost the road, the stairs, and the reason for having chosen either. Jiara was hayducked, halfway up the stairs and uncertain whether she had left or arrived. hayduked adj. Describing a drinker who advances by fits, feints, and occasional contact with the furniture. hayed (/heɪd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a shark from the long, flat shadow beneath the kitchen table. Goble was hayed and announced that the sofa had developed fins. hayerred adj. Having drunk enough to cut the morning into manageable bundles, none of which can be lifted. hayfevered adj. Describing a drinker who sneezes through the domestic aftermath and blames the nearest soft furnishing. hayfielded adj. Still drunk, and treating the nearest meadow as a cultivated estate requiring inspection. Charlsey wandered into the hayfielded garden and attempted to commission the daisies. hayforked adj. Too drunk to distinguish between a ceremonial trident and the implement beside the barn. Arianie, hayforked, raised the garden fork in solemn blessing. hayheaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the top of the nearest machine as a complete agricultural strategy. Raynell grew hayheaded and inspected the lawnmower for harvesting credentials. hayhennied adj. Having drunk enough to pursue an invisible irritation across the room with grave Latin-American conviction. Geovoni became hayhennied and slapped at the air beside the pudding. haying timed adj. You have drunk enough to declare that the present domestic confusion is seasonally appropriate. Mercie, haying timed, announced that the scattered shoes represented a successful harvest.