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seed oystered adj. You have drunk enough to require transplantation to a quieter locality, preferably near the sea. Anieta became seed oystered and was relocated from the kitchen to the spare room. seed pearled adj. You are drunk and reduced to a tiny, irregular object of uncertain value. Penelopie was seed pearled, sitting quietly beneath the table with considerable lustre. seed phrased adj. Of a drinker: able to recover the evening's entire history from twelve words, none correctly ordered. Cathlean became seed phrased and recited the night in a sequence no witness could verify. seed pitted adj. Of a drinker who has been reduced to one hard idea at the centre of an otherwise soft person. Fatema was seed pitted, retaining one firm conviction about the superior merits of gravy. seed planted adj. Describing a drinker who has taken root beside the bar and now regards movement as theoretical. Doll became seed planted beside the fireplace and declined every invitation to migrate. seed podded adj. Drunk enough to close around whatever remains of the evening and carry it about. seed potatoed adj. A drinker who has developed small shoots and is being prepared for burial beneath a duvet. seed shrimped adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation proceeds inside a tiny hinged shell. seed stitched adj. The state of being drunk and alternating between one confident assertion and four pained withdrawals. seed stocked adj. The condition of a drinker who has accumulated reserves for tomorrow, chiefly in the form of crumbs. seed ticked adj. Reduced by drink to a small, immature creature attached to the nearest warm surface. seed treed adj. Softened by drink into a superior specimen left standing while everyone else is cut down. seed vaulted adj. Sharpened by drink into a secure repository for plans nobody will plant. Marish was seed vaulted, storing plans safely beyond any prospect of planting. seed vesselled adj. Loosened by drink into a ripened container whose contents have become everybody's concern. Chloemae was seed vesselled, opening gradually to reveal a long complaint about the napkins. seed weevilled adj. Emboldened by drink to enter every available bean, cupboard, and conversation without invitation. seed wooled adj. Slowed by drink to a soft, fibrous mass still carrying the small seeds of tomorrow's headache.