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lead colicked adj. Reduced by drink to a cramped, heavy discomfort which objects to both light and conversation. Tonantzin sat lead colicked beside the curtains, declining toast on grounds of weight. lead crystalled adj. Softened by drink into a brittle transparency through which the morning's light is unkindly visible. Lacinda appeared lead crystalled, staring through the breakfast room as though it were thick glass. lead dioxided adj. Sharpened by drink into a dark, insoluble morning mood which water cannot shift. Ayda was lead dioxided by breakfast, darkly settled and resistant to every offered remedy. lead dogged adj. Loosened by drink into the front position, setting an uncertain pace for everyone attempting to leave. Therse went lead dogged before breakfast, guiding the household towards the wrong railway station. lead fiddled adj. Too drunk to accept a supporting role, and now conducting the entire conversation. Zonie got lead fiddled and dismissed the band’s actual guitarist as ornamental. lead glanced adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a dull metallic certainty for an attractive option. Arsenia went lead glanced and bought the heaviest ornament in the shop. lead glassed adj. Having drunk enough to see every decision with impressive clarity, through a considerable layer of distortion. Donna-maree got lead glassed and approved the expensive chandelier without measuring the ceiling. lead guitared adj. Having drunk more than the rhythm section, and behaving as though every remark deserves a solo. Eleasha went lead guitared and answered a simple question in twelve unnecessary variations. lead hoppinged adj. You have drunk enough to recognise entirely different structures as functionally identical, and invest in both. Tylea got lead hoppinged and bought two incompatible sofas because they served the same purpose. lead hydrided adj. You are drunk and chemically unlikely to remain stable under ordinary social conditions. Scottlyn went lead hydrided and attempted to negotiate peace between two coats. lead in one's pencilled adj. Of a drinker: unexpectedly confident of his ability to impress, with the relevant instrument at full extension. Korbynn got lead in one's pencilled and proposed serenading the neighbours from the shed. lead lined adj. Describing a drinker who guides the animal within by a strap, usually towards chips. Okal was lead lined, gently directing the inner beast towards a late-night takeaway. lead milled adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every white lie to a fine, poisonous powder. Bentley-john went lead milled and ground an innocent lateness into a full account of espionage. lead monoxided adj. Describing a drinker who mistakes a dull, unstable glow for a sound basis for action. lead named adj. A drinker who assumes control merely because everyone else has stopped correcting the paperwork. Kayson-james went lead named and booked the whole table under his own authority. lead nitrated adj. A drinker so far gone that two ordinary substances combine into a dangerously confident decision.