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110 words match “DRUNK”

JACKEEN n.
A drunken, dissolute fellow. [Ireland] S. C. Hall.
LETHE n.
A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.
LIKE adv.
hat of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him. He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Job xii. 25.
LURCH n. 2 definitions
e, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
LUXURY n.
Lechery; lust. [Obs.] Shak. Luxury is in wine and drunkenness. Chaucer.
MAHOGANY n.
A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] -- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with him. [Slang]
MAUDLIN a.
Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron.
MUDDLE v.
ains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. Bentley. Often drunk, always muddled. Arbuthnot.
NOD n.
A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything. Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. Shak.
ORGIES n.
Drunken revelry; a carouse. B. Jonson. Tennyson.
ORGY n.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
OVERTAKE v.
Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] Holland.
POTABLE a.
Fit to be drunk; drinkable. "Water fresh and potable." Bacon. -- n.
POTULENT a.
Nearly drunk; tipsy. [Obs.]
POVERTY n.
rcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. "Swathed in numblest poverty." Keble. The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. Prov. xxiii. 21.
REEL v. 2 definitions
walking, from one side to the other; to stagger. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man. Ps. cvii. 27. He, with heavy fumes oppressed, Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest. Pope. The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves. Macualay.
REFORMED a.
Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.
SEPULTURE n.
A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial. Drunkeness that the horrible sepulture of man's reason. Chaucer.
SLEEP v.
leep away precious time. -- To sleep off, to become free from by sleep; as, to sleep off drunkeness or fatigue.
SLEWED a.
Somewhat drunk. [Slang]
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