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square yarded adj. Softened by drink into one small, measured area of person, best left undisturbed until noon. Kiry was square yarded in one small patch of sofa, best left undisturbed until noon. square-gaitered adj. Sharpened by drink into an alternating, awkward progress in which opposite feet repeatedly conspire. square-lipped rhinocerosed adj. Loosened by drink into a broad, blunt morning presence that moves furniture without intending to. square-pushinged adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue romance at breakfast, despite the evidence assembled against it. square-riggered adj. Slowed by drink to the stately, creaking progress of a broad vessel making headway against the morning. square-shootered adj. A drinker who faces the morning squarely and gives an honest version, subject to revision. square-upped adj. Drunk and waking to a solemn explanation of the moral consequences of last night's conduct. squared (/skwɛəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to approach every corner at right angles and still miss the room. Akinola was squared, turning each hallway corner precisely and colliding with the next one. squared circled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning becomes a ring, and every attempt to leave returns you to the corner. Chrystelle stayed squared circled around the sofa, repeatedly setting out for water. squarednessed adj. Drunk enough to wake with every thought made rigid, tidy, and unhelpfully angular. Markya was squarednessed over coffee, arranging the morning into uncompromising categories. squareflippered adj. Drunk past the point of graceful recovery, bearded with blanket and drifting towards the nearest water. squaregraphed adj. Of a drinker: confidently mapping every conversation as a neat network, with only the outside left unconnected. Bryndal drew four-sided diagrams on the menu, squaregraphed beyond useful explanation. squareheaded (/ˈskwɛəhɛdd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken blunt certainty for honesty, and is now defending it at length. squaremanned adj. Describing a drinker who tackles every problem as though it can be cut precisely to size. squarenessed (/skwɛə.nəsd/) adj. A drinker who has made a firm, tidy decision and cannot explain why it is necessary. squarered adj. A drinker so far gone that every proposed solution is treated as an instruction to multiply something.