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stone hammered adj. The state of being drunk and blunt enough to break through every delicate point in the gathering. stone jugged adj. Drunk by closing time, and confined by morning to the nearest room with a blanket. stone knappered adj. Still drunk, and chipping every recollection into sharp fragments before breakfast. stone loached adj. Having drunk enough to cling to the bottom of the morning, pale and motionless until disturbed. Fortuna was stone loached beneath the duvet, emerging only when tea reached the bedside. stone man syndromed adj. Having drunk more than the body can comfortably accommodate, and beginning to set in place by morning. stone martened adj. You have drunk enough to creep through the morning, nimble only when nobody is looking. Harley-dean was stone martened, stealing quietly towards the bathroom before anyone spoke. stone massaged adj. Of a drinker: pressed into temporary calm by warmth, weight and the firm attentions of the sofa. Hyle was stone massaged beneath a heated blanket, almost persuaded that breakfast could wait. stone minted adj. Of a drinker who has emerged from the night round, aromatic and unexpectedly valuable to nobody before coffee. Jamayiah was stone minted, fragrant at breakfast and of little practical use. stone moneyed adj. A drinker who has become broad, heavy and difficult to exchange for anything useful by morning. stone mulchinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's useful intentions are covered over and left to decay. stone of the philosophersed adj. Drunk since last orders, and expecting the kitchen's least valuable objects to improve considerably overnight. Cedeno placed a copper coin beside the kettle, stone of the philosophersed and confident about its prospects. stone oiled adj. The state of being drunk and inflammable in conversation, particularly before the first restorative cup of tea. stone papered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become smooth, waterproof and unpersuasive by the morning after. Pennee was stone papered, impervious to criticism and oddly glossy beneath the kitchen light. stone parsleyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become decorative, herbaceous, and of limited use to the conversation. Depriest got stone parsleyed and contributed only a greenish observation about the buffet. stone pasted adj. The drunkenness of one who has set into a hard, decorative surface and cannot be usefully rearranged. Naunidh was stone pasted, fixed decoratively beside the fireplace while nobody could rearrange him. stone pined adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, evergreen stillness, retaining dignity chiefly by remaining upright. Corrina was stone pined beside the window, upright, silent and unhelpfully botanical.