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quarted (/kwɔːtd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard a full glass of water as a modest and necessary portion. quarteered adj. Drunk to the extent of organising the pub's staffing, though nobody has appointed you. quarteleted adj. Drunk on the strength of a small measure, and behaving as though it were a flagon. Ayca was quarteleted after one modest glass and began ordering for the table. quartened adj. Drunk since last orders, and chemically committed to the pub's more inflammable possibilities. Dequilla was quartened, warming to the idea that the bar snacks required laboratory handling. quartenylic acided adj. Drunk by the third round, and prone to treating every conversation as a rearrangement of the last. Ambrosia became quartenylic acided and gave the same anecdote a different ending. quarter badged adj. Having drunk enough to display a small, ornamental emblem of the night near the rear of proceedings. quarter bathroomed adj. Having drunk more than the bladder can negotiate, but not enough to locate the proper facilities. Vernita was quarter bathroomed and spent the interval searching for a room with only a lavatory. quarter belted adj. You have drunk enough to turn every right angle into a new route for the conversation. Desra was quarter belted, sending the discussion through several abrupt changes of direction. quarter billed adj. You are drunk and issuing a station for every member of the company, as if action were imminent. quarter blanketed adj. Of a drinker: wrapped in enough warmth to mistake the saddle-shaped bar stool for transport. Leanetta was quarter blanketed and regarded the bar stool as transport. quarter blocked adj. Of a drinker who has stopped every line of escape beneath the counter and cannot be reeled in. quarter bottled adj. Describing a drinker who has become a small, concentrated serving of wine and little else. quarter circled adj. A drinker who can travel only along one neat arc, returning eventually to the same subject. Errica was quarter circled, looping from the bar to the jukebox and back. quarter cracked adj. A drinker so far gone that a hairline fault has appeared in the front of every decision. quarter dayed adj. The state of being drunk and treating every payment, departure and meeting as due immediately. quarter decked adj. Drunk past the point of reserving the rear portion of the evening for officers.