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ice lollied adj. Emboldened by drink to stand conspicuously upright while melting slowly in public. Korlyn got ice lollied and addressed the whole pub from beside the fruit machine. ice luged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a glass travelling down a long, cold channel. ice machined adj. Drunk and producing a steady supply of cold excuses, each one suitable for another round. Daviney got ice machined and supplied fresh reasons to remain at the bar. ice maidened adj. Drunk to the point where the warmest person in the room has become a woman from the frozen north. Amaury got ice maidened and refused the radiator on grounds of personal climate. ice milked adj. Drunk enough to resemble a pale dessert, lacking cream but retaining a certain sweetness. ice minused adj. You have drunk enough to inhibit the formation of firm decisions, particularly about which way is down. ice mooned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary fullness and now shining periodically with February conviction. ice needled adj. Drunk beyond the point of ordinary clarity, reduced to a small bright crystal drifting above proceedings. ice nucleused adj. Drunk, with the result that every loose remark becomes a centre around which further nonsense grows. ice packed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you floating as one broad, featureless mass, difficult to move through the bar. Jetzabel got ice packed and occupied the gap between two tables until closing. ice palaced adj. Drunk on the strength of a temporary magnificence, with the pub promoted to a private castle. Elissia-rose got ice palaced and appointed the corner table her winter court. ice pancaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and flattened into a cold, round formation wherever gravity has finally put you. ice pelleted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a single, hard and rather cold unit of sleet. Aster became ice pelleted and delivered one compact opinion on the buffet. ice perried adj. Reduced by drink to fermenting frozen pears in a glass, with the solemnity of a vintner. Tremone grew ice perried and offered the pear drink a formal review. ice picked adj. Having drunk enough to puncture every silence with a pointed question, however firmly the evening has frozen it over. ice pillared adj. Softened by drink into a vertical beam of reflected light, noble in outline and useless in practice. Harper-jayne stood ice pillared beside the lamp, illuminating nobody in particular.