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seed beetled adj. Sufficiently drunk to burrow into the bar snacks and emerge only when the bowl is empty. Kearsten was seed beetled, disappearing into the nuts whenever conversation became difficult. seed bugged adj. Having drunk enough to adopt a hard shell, wander aimlessly, and trouble every nearby conversation. Aabid was seed bugged, drifting between tables and interrupting each one. seed caked adj. A drinker who has been pressed by the evening until only a dense residue of conversation remains. Gwil was seed caked by closing time, contributing dense remarks to every subject. seed cased adj. The drunkenness of one who has enclosed every thought in a protective pouch before releasing it. Amyjo went seed cased and made Layssa wait for each carefully wrapped opinion. seed changed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a minor alteration in the evening for a complete transformation. seed coated adj. You are drunk and wearing a protective outer layer of lager, crumbs, and misplaced certainty. seed corned adj. Of a drinker who has preserved enough conviction from this year's harvest to season every conversation. seed crystalled adj. Describing a drinker who has become the small, hard centre around which the rest of the night grows. seed downed (/ˌsiːd ˈdaʊnd/) adj. A drinker who has acquired a soft, clinging layer and no longer seems separable from the upholstery. seed drilled adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation is planted in straight rows, whether anyone wants it grown or not. seed ferned adj. The state of being drunk and spreading in several directions, with a respectable frond-like air. seed filled adj. The state of being drunk and flooding every available conversational space with one continuous account of modest importance. seed fundered adj. The drunkenness of one who has invested early in a plan that will yield no return before morning. seed fundinged adj. Reduced by drink to an early investor in grand ventures, accepting poor odds for a share of tomorrow. seed galled adj. Drunk by the third round, and bearing a small, inexplicable swelling like a botanical grievance. seed grained adj. Drunk by closing time, and carefully reserving enough substance to begin the same mistake tomorrow.