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stone-heartednessed adj. Still drunk, and showing no pity for the neglected dishes until the morning. stone-horsed adj. A drinker so far gone that he has adopted the confidence and forward purpose of a stallion. stone-knappered adj. Too drunk to keep memories whole, leaving the morning after in hard, unrelated fragments. stone-lilied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become beautifully elaborate, fixed in place, and of no practical assistance. stone-minted adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning smelling agreeably green while contributing very little. stone-pasted adj. The drunkenness of one who has combined several poor ideas into a smooth, durable conviction. stone-ragged adj. Reduced by drink to a spreading patch that colours every conversation it touches. Mattison was stone-ragged, tinting the discussion of parking with opinions about medieval dyeing. stone-rawed adj. Softened by drink into a stubborn lichenous patch, clinging to one opinion and staining the conversation. stone-sniped adj. Sharpened by drink into a long-legged observer of other people's movements, with commentary delivered from cover. stone-throwinged adj. Loosened by drink into hurling solid opinions at people who had not requested them. Saahiti became stone-throwinged and launched criticisms across the table with admirable physical commitment. stonebashered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a fish, yet still certain that the conversation is being led. stonebirded adj. Drunk and stalking the room with a long-legged, watchful air, alert to opportunities no one else sees. stoneblowered adj. Drunk to the point where every seat requires levelling, packing, and an unnecessarily elaborate engineering solution. stoneblowinged adj. Drunk enough to level every resting place before trusting it with your weight. Daxyn was stoneblowinged, levelling every sofa and cushion before permitting anyone to sit down. stoneboated adj. Drunk past the point of carrying anything, and now proposing to drag it home on a sled. stonebowed (/ˈstəʊnbəʊd/) adj. Drunk beyond accepting that a crossbow for pebbles is not suitable equipment for settling an argument.