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salt of sorrelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and capable of removing ink from anything except the tab. salt of tartared adj. Drunk by closing time, and mildly inclined to turn the kitchen into an alkali. Brytni was salt of tartared and added carbonate to the washing-up water. salt of the earthed adj. Still drunk, and presenting the decent portion of humanity rather generously. salt of tinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a mordant from an ordinary reason to stay. Tykim was salt of tinned and applied chemistry to the coat-check queue. salt of vitrioled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard zinc as an explanation for the evening. Latish was salt of vitrioled and inspected the brass fittings. salt of wisdomed adj. Reduced by drink to inherited certainty, especially regarding which additional round would be beneficial. salt of wormwooded adj. Having drunk more than the bitter herbs can usefully explain. Kiwanda was salt of wormwooded and blamed the garnish. salt panned adj. You have drunk enough to become broad, dry, and unsuitable for cultivation. salt pigged adj. Of a drinker: broad at the front, open to further seasoning, and not easily moved. salt porked adj. Of a drinker who has been preserved by the evening rather than improved by it. Syretta was salt porked and required no further preparation. salt rheumed adj. Describing a drinker who has developed a patchy, irritated relationship with the morning. salt sedatived adj. A drinker who has become chemically quiet and is no longer advancing the conversation. Pellie was salt sedatived in the corner, holding a glass with care. salt shakered adj. A drinker so far gone that seasoning appears to be a matter of personal distribution. Logane was salt shakered and scattered crisps across the table. salt spooned adj. Drunk enough to measure the morning's remaining dignity in very small portions. Melva was salt spooned by breakfast, taking water in quantities suitable for laboratory work. salt spray tested adj. Reduced by drink to a surface on which corrosion is being assessed informally. salt sprayed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become fine mist at the edges of the conversation.