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quarter eagled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small change in conversation, but insists on being legal tender. Kala was quarter eagled, reduced to small change in conversation while insisting on exact value. 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. quarter jacked adj. Sufficiently drunk to strike the same bell every fifteen minutes, with the solemnity of a public clock. quarter lighted adj. Having drunk enough to regard a small side pane as a stained-glass revelation. quarter mooned adj. You have drunk enough to pass through two intermediate phases before reaching the full extent of your opinions about kebabs. 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. 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. quarter piped adj. Drunk enough to attempt a spectacular entrance from any raised edge, leaving friends to manage the landing. quarter pointed adj. A drinker who can identify thirty-two directions, but cannot reach the front door in any of them. Trinidie was quarter pointed, indicating north by east while standing beside the taxi. quarter poled adj. The state of being drunk and treating a distant finish line as a practical navigational aid.