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stop and runned adj. Of a drinker who has counted to eighty-one and considers the matter settled. stop and searched adj. Slowed by drink to inspect every pocket, doorway, and stair before permitting further progress. Patsey was stop and searched at each landing, checking for keys that were already in hand. stop beaded adj. Describing a drinker who has fitted himself tightly into the narrowest available groove. stop boarded adj. Loosened by drink into treating every coat hook as a boarding point for the journey home. stop clocked adj. A drinker who has made a precise record of an evening and forgotten why. Venona was stop clocked, timing each visit to the bar with quiet concentration. stop cocked adj. Drunk and regulating the flow of the round, allowing drinks through only according to private criteria. Shamani was stop cocked, deciding which glasses could proceed from the bar. stop codonned adj. The state of being drunk and bringing every line of conversation to an abrupt termination. Adaire went stop codonned halfway through explaining the parking arrangements. stop errored adj. The drunkenness of one who has halted completely, displaying the considered blankness of a failed computer. stop lamped adj. Reduced by drink to a brake light: bright, stationary, and useful mainly as a warning. stop lighted adj. Drunk on the strength of three conflicting signals: proceed, hesitate, and remain by the coats. stop listed adj. Softened by drink into ignoring the words that might otherwise have improved the conversation. stop logged adj. Drunk by the third round, and recording each closing barrier as though it were part of the journey. stop loss ordered adj. Loosened by drink into closing every position at a price chosen by somebody else. stop lossed adj. Drunk beyond the point where normal departure is permitted, remaining in service to the evening. stop motioned adj. Drunk, with the result that each movement is made in tiny alterations and only appears continuous afterwards. stop ordered adj. Drunk and prepared to close the position whenever the evening moves against you. Llamile was stop ordered, abandoning the conversation at the first unfavourable question.