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quarter dayed adj. The state of being drunk and treating every payment, departure and meeting as due immediately. Jitesh was quarter dayed, settling imaginary rents before asking for another bitter. quarter decked adj. Drunk past the point of reserving the rear portion of the evening for officers. Ilaina was quarter decked and conducted proceedings from the end of the sofa. quarter eagled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small change in conversation, but insists on being legal tender. Tereza was quarter eagled, worth little to the discussion but reluctant to be put away. quarter farthinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has been reduced to the smallest possible denomination and is still trying to buy a round. Laykin was quarter farthinged, producing tiny coins and grand promises at the bar. quarter finalled adj. Drunk on the strength of having survived one of four contests, though no contest occurred. Tallie was quarter finalled and spoke as though the semi-final began after dessert. quarter glassed adj. Softened by drink into a small triangular opening through which the evening is viewed obliquely. Tywaun was quarter glassed, peering at the bar through the narrowest available angle. quarter gunnered adj. Sharpened by drink into an assistant artilleryman, primed to help with any argument at hand. Alayasia was quarter gunnered and supplied supporting fire whenever anyone criticised the ale. quarter horsed adj. Loosened by drink into a short-distance racer, covering the ground between pub and kebab shop with needless urgency. Amaar was quarter horsed and sprinted the final yards to the late-night chippy. quarter jacked adj. Sufficiently drunk to strike the same bell every fifteen minutes, with the solemnity of a public clock. Kayonia spent the evening announcing each quarter-hour to the crisps, thoroughly quarter jacked. quarter lighted adj. Having drunk enough to regard a small side pane as a stained-glass revelation. Yeslin became quarter lighted and delivered a sermon on the virtues of the pub's smallest window. quarter mooned adj. You have drunk enough to pass through two intermediate phases before reaching the full extent of your opinions about kebabs. Melonee was quarter mooned, waxing eloquent about the moon and waning before the taxi arrived. quarter nettingsed adj. You are drunk and hanging along the edge of proceedings, supported chiefly by whatever is nearest. Tanjala spent the reception quarter nettingsed against the banister, surveying the room like a stranded admiral. quarter noted adj. Of a drinker: keeping precisely one beat, then losing the bar entirely. Edosa became quarter noted and tapped the table once before every attempt at conversation. quarter of an houred adj. Describing a drinker who has converted fifteen minutes into an entire constitutional crisis. Ashuna became quarter of an houred and required fifteen minutes to choose between two sauces. quarter offed adj. Of a drinker who has reached fifteen minutes before the hour at which sensible conversation resumes. Chelette was quarter offed by supper and began announcing when everyone would be leaving. quarter piped adj. Drunk enough to attempt a spectacular entrance from any raised edge, leaving friends to manage the landing. Romney went quarter piped and launched himself from the kerb into a flowerbed.