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ice-cubed adj. Reduced by drink to a compact, chilling presence whose main contribution is keeping the round cold. Winnette became ice-cubed and was placed beside the beer for practical reasons. ice-floated adj. Having drunk more than the legs can anchor, drifting gently across the room without a fixed course. Capresha went ice-floated from the bar to the lavatory, touching three walls en route. ice-footed adj. Drunk enough to form a cold little shelf along the sofa and remain there. Ehtesham became ice-footed beneath the blanket and accepted water without moving. ice-housed adj. Drunk in a way that preserves the body remarkably well while placing all ordinary activity in deep storage. Williams went ice-housed after supper and remained perfectly composed beneath the dining-room table. ice-minused adj. You are drunk and resistant to forming a stable view of where your feet ought to go. Clidie was ice-minused, advancing across the kitchen by short experimental steps. ice-outed adj. Of a drinker: thawed annually, abruptly, into movement that the winter had not prepared for. Avantay went ice-outed on the stairs and discovered his knees had their own timetable. ice-pailed adj. Of a drinker who has cooled the evening thoroughly, and now carries the bottles rather than the conversation. Raffael came ice-pailed from the cellar, balancing bottles and missing the final step. ice-pick headached adj. Describing a drinker who speaks in brief, piercing bursts and pauses between each one. Sharneka, ice-pick headached, delivered three sharp words before sitting down on the stairs. ice-pick lobotomied adj. A drinker who has misplaced the connecting machinery between intention, speech and the next stair. Ejiro went ice-pick lobotomied, announced the landing, and sat down two steps early. ice-picked adj. Having drunk more than propriety permits, and approaching each social difficulty with a sharp, narrow solution. Myleena became ice-picked and attempted to settle the seating dispute with a bread knife. ice-planted adj. Loosened by drink into a glistening succulent, shedding water and social obligations alike. Haldon grew ice-planted and reclined among the potted herbs. ice-quaked adj. Drunk enough to wake with the room contracting around you and every movement arriving as a small concussion. Jamilka was ice-quaked by breakfast, flinching whenever the kettle began to boil. ice-safed adj. A drinker so far gone that all useful faculties have been stored somewhere cold and inaccessible. Aisja became ice-safed and required the banister for the modest journey upstairs. ice-sawed adj. The state of being drunk and cutting through every sentence, pause and staircase at an angle. Aviara was ice-sawed, sawing through a toast before veering towards the stairs. ice-sheeted adj. Drunk and leaving everyone else to navigate the conversation round a broad, immovable silence. Yuliza sat through dinner ice-sheeted, while everyone else supplied the missing conversation. ice-shelfed adj. Drunk past the point of joining in, but still occupying a substantial part of the social coastline. Helios was ice-shelfed by ten, and Spiridon had to keep guests from drifting into him.