What a great word! According to the OED, it means very drunk.
Charles Harrington Elster, in his book What in the Word, lists quite a few synonyms for drunk including, "back teeth afloat," "amiably incandescent," and "iced to the eyebrows."
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This is a great idea-I love words too.
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