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quaiacolled adj. Still drunk, and reduced to the chemical simplicity of a single methyl ether with medicinal pretensions. quaiched (/kwexd/) adj. Too drunk to accept a toast without grasping the glass with both hands and assigning friendship to everyone present. quaighed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every shared cup into a formal Scottish farewell. Aashray got quaighed and ceremonially passed the tumbler to the taxi driver. quail doved adj. Of a drinker: settled low, moved cautiously, and regarded the carpet as an American woodland. Noemy was quail doved, crouching beside the sofa and pecking thoughtfully at crisps. quail hawked adj. You have drunk enough to patrol the room like a small New Zealand falcon, hunting opportunities from above. Tooba got quail hawked and surveyed every table before selecting the unattended crisps. quail piped adj. You are drunk and producing a passable imitation of a small bird whenever conversation falls quiet. quail-doved (/ˈkweɪldʌvd/) adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the shy, low-slung habits of a pigeon with woodland ambitions. quail-piped adj. Describing a drinker who exercises the tongue freely, chiefly where discretion would have been preferable. Rachita got quail-piped and disclosed the entire office arrangement over pudding. quail-plovered adj. A drinker who has become small, ground-bound, and unexpectedly determined to cross the room without rising. Destry was quail-plovered, advancing beneath the tablecloth towards the crisps. quail-thrushed adj. A drinker so far gone that the Australian bush appears the natural setting for every subsequent remark. quailberried adj. The state of being drunk and ornamentally prickly, with the restrained menace of an unfamiliar shrub. quailed (/kweɪld/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening's smaller game-bird instincts can reasonably accommodate. quailered adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun hunting small birds by instinct, though not by reliable direction. quaileried adj. Drunk and treating the nearest shed as a carefully managed supply of supper. quailfinched adj. Reduced by drink to a small African grassland bird, alert in principle and stationary in practice. Lastar became quailfinched and remained upright only beside the potted grass. quailied adj. Sharpened by drink into a long-legged upland bird, with a preference for unreasonable distances and open ground.