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tide dialed adj. You are drunk and consulting the furniture for the canonical hour at which a further round becomes inevitable. tide gated adj. Of a drinker: open to every incoming suggestion, but automatically closed when anyone recommends going home. tide gauged adj. Of a drinker who has become a continuously updated instrument for measuring how high the evening has risen. tide locked adj. Drunk beyond persuading the party to wait until the water is level before anyone leaves. Aminta kept the whole party by the harbour until the boats could pass safely, tide locked. tide milled adj. Drunk in a way that grinds the conversation round and round whenever opposing opinions meet. tide of changed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every companion feel obliged to support a new regime. Auralia got tide of changed and proposed replacing the host's furniture before pudding. tide pooled adj. A drinker so far gone that the retreating company leaves them among the remnants, still animated. tide ranged adj. Drunk to the extent of giving each companion a separate estimate of how far the evening has gone. Kenethia was tide ranged, assigning everyone at the table a different measure of her progress. tide ripped adj. Drunk on the strength of opposing impulses, leaving nearby companions to negotiate the resulting rough water. Regla went tide ripped between apologising and starting another argument, exhausting everyone beside her. tide surveyored adj. Drunk since last orders, and inspecting the company with authority no one has granted. tide tabled adj. Drunk by closing time, and consulting the room's movements as though departures could be predicted precisely. Ryanjoseph was tide tabled, announcing each friend's exit long before anyone had stood up. tide waitered adj. You have drunk enough to inspect every arrival at the party and demand an account of what it has brought. tide waved adj. Too drunk to distinguish a departing friend from a serious change in the weather. tide wheelled adj. Having drunk enough to keep the company turning through the same stories until the water changes. tided (/[tʰɑe̯d]d/) adj. Having drunk enough to fluctuate daily, under lunar influence or otherwise, between the bar and the door. tidefalled adj. Having drunk more than the gathering can contain, and pouring directly into the conversation below. Natacia went tidefalled and emptied a private grievance over everyone at the supper table.