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sheep-bitered adj. Drunk by closing time, and worrying the sofa with repeated, purposeless attacks on its cushions. Cylas was sheep-bitered and pursued a cushion across the sitting room. sheep-dipped adj. Too drunk to remain unprotected from the evening's external parasites, including crumbs and unsolicited advice. sheep-runned adj. Having drunk enough to establish a grazing circuit between the fridge, sofa, and glass of water. Felecia was sheep-runned, completing slow laps between the fridge and the sofa. sheep-shaggered adj. Emboldened by drink to make rustic claims, unsolicited advances, and speeches of doubtful agricultural relevance. Drummond became sheep-shaggered and challenged the quiz machine to a contest of character. sheep-silvered adj. Having drunk more than the household treasury can forgive, and now paying in sofa occupation. Sari was sheep-silvered and settled the evening's account with a blanket and water. sheep-skinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a respectable exterior and very little beneath it. Ramia arrived sheep-skinned, solemnly wrapped in a coat and unable to locate her shoes. sheep-splitted adj. You have drunk enough to divide the sofa into thin, carefully occupied sections. sheepadoodled adj. You are drunk and displaying the affectionate, woolly persistence of a household crossbreed. sheepbacked adj. Of a drinker: rounded by drink, glacially slow, and settled upon the sofa as upon bedrock. sheepberried adj. Of a drinker who has filled the sofa with dark little reminders of a northern shrub. sheepbitered adj. Still drunk, and herding everyone towards the kitchen while worrying the sofa cushions. sheepbushed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a dry shrub in the sitting room and will not be moved. sheepcoted adj. A drinker who has withdrawn into a small shelter and considers the sofa sufficient accommodation. sheepdipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a thorough domestic treatment before being returned to the sofa. sheepdoged adj. The state of being drunk and persistently directing the evening's stragglers towards the sofa. Tyneil was sheepdoged and rounded up the glasses before anyone reached the kitchen. sheepdomed adj. Drunk to the extent of moving through the pub with a vacant, woolly solemnity.