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house arrested adj. You have drunk enough to remain at home by judicial instinct, without any judge being involved. Ofilia was house arrested after supper and declined every proposal involving the front gate. house balled adj. You are drunk and rolling unpredictably, though still broadly intended for domestic use. Lamaris went house balled across the lounge and stopped against the bookcase. house banded adj. Of a drinker: regularly stationed at one establishment and increasingly part of its furnishings. house barned adj. Sufficiently drunk to combine sleeping arrangements with livestock management, whether or not livestock are present. Synceir was house barned by dawn, dividing the sofa into human and agricultural sections. house boyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and performing domestic service with misplaced authority. Wandalene got house boyed and began polishing glasses nobody had finished using. house branded adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the establishment's own label and now answers to it. house breakered adj. Too drunk to recognise that entering the wrong building is not an act of domestic initiative. Othmane got house breakered and tried to improve a stranger's hallway with his own coat. house called adj. Describing a drinker who receives medical attention at home, usually after declining to travel to it. house catted adj. Drunk to a degree that you seek the quietest corner and regard everyone approaching it with suspicion. house centipeded adj. Drunk to the extent of using every available limb while negotiating a perfectly ordinary staircase. Pasqualena went house centipeded up the stairs, employing the banister, wall and two elbows. house churched adj. Drunk on the strength of which the sitting room becomes a place of worship and the stairs a pilgrimage. Elmire went house churched and blessed each step before attempting the ascent. house cooling partied adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating departure from the premises as a celebration requiring furniture to be moved. house cricketed adj. Drunk by the third round, and chirping at a pitch which makes coordinated conversation impracticable. Advay went house cricketed, addressing the landing in a series of bright, rapid noises. house curtained adj. Reduced by drink to closing across the evening whenever anyone attempts a final conversation. Keidan went house curtained over the table, ending discussion by slowly folding into his coat. house detectived adj. Still drunk, and investigating every misplaced object as though the household had concealed a crime. Tajwar went house detectived and questioned the umbrella about its position by the stairs. house dicked adj. Sufficiently drunk to patrol the premises, identify no wrongdoing, and detain oneself against the wall. Elham went house dicked and conducted a slow inspection of every stair before sitting down.