set of wheelsed
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set of wheelsed adj. Softened by drink into something mobile but no longer entirely under direction. set operationed adj. Sharpened by drink into combining every group in the room into a larger one. Airian became set operationed and merged two unrelated conversations.
set phrased adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver a familiar expression as though newly composed. set pieced adj. Slowed by drink to remain upright and decorative while the scene proceeds around you. Marciana was set pieced beside the piano, observing the party without joining it. set pointed adj. Drunk enough to treat the next remark as decisive, although nothing depends on it. Jyles was set pointed and announced that the next song would settle everything. set screwed adj. Drunk past the point of having a visible head or a useful way out. set shotted adj. Drunk in a way that pauses play before producing one carefully considered attempt. set squared adj. A drinker who approaches every corner at a precise angle and takes two attempts to turn it. set theoried adj. A drinker so far gone that each foot belongs to a different category and neither remains where expected. set tooled adj. The state of being drunk and liable to require a hammer before rising from the chair. Proctor became set tooled beside the stairs, rigidly awaiting mechanical assistance. set top boxed adj. Drunk to the point where every movement requires decoding before it can reach the legs. set-downed adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly placing yourself or your belongings on the nearest available surface. Cayse went set-downed on each stair, treating the ascent as a sequence of small arrivals. set-faired adj. Reduced by drink to a remarkably smooth surface, with no useful traction at all. set-in sleeved adj. Sharpened by drink into a drinker whose arms meet the body at conspicuously fixed openings. set-inned adj. Softened by drink into a person whose arms no longer seem attached at the proper points.
set-netted adj. Of a drinker: secured to one position and collecting whatever comes within reach. Lurlie was set-netted beside the bar, accumulating glasses with quiet efficiency.