Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US) very drunk, or looking as if one were.

1895		J. London ‘’Frisco Kid’s Story’ in High School Aegis X (15 Feb.) 2–3: Leary Joe got to sloppin’ up on white line, an wuz orioide.
1902		Ade Forty Modern Fables 212: It is now the Practice in our most polite Circles to get the Groom good and Ory-Eyed about twenty-four Hours before he Steps Off.
1912		Ade Knocking the Neighbors 139: He had been Snooted for Fair, Plastered, Ossified, Benzoated, Piped, Pickled, Spifflicated, Corned, Raddled, Obfuscated, Soused and Orr-Eyed.
1926		(con. 1918) L. Nason Chevrons 107: He’s the man that brought you home the night you got orey-eyed ay Cokeydawn.
1928		M. Prenner ‘Sl. Synonyms for “Drunk”’ in AS IV:2 102: basted [...] orie-eyed, ossified, pickled, pie-eyed.
1931		A. Hardin ‘Volstead Eng.’ in AS VII:2 88: Terms referring to the state of intoxication: [...] Adjectives, etc: Orie-eyed.
1932		Pittsburgh Courier (PA) 27 Aug. 17/4: Ulma Banks [...] had the oride to resent an insult from an oorey-eyed soda jerker from the Savoy.
1940		E. O’Neill Iceman Cometh Act IV: It’s my birthday! Bejees, I’m orey-eyed! I want to sing!
1943		H.A. Smith Life in a Putty Knife Factory (1948) 43: John Darl was ready for another brannigan. He would be orry-eyed before nightfall.
1964		A. Hine Unsinkable Molly Brown 91: Bring me back three dozen — make it four against anybody gettin’ orey-eyed and breakin’ some.
1969		in DARE.

2. very angry.

1905		Seattle Repub. (WA) 5 May 1/1: Spokane, after all, is an ori-eyed Democrat hot-bed, and it now seems beyond Republican redemption.
1921		Z. Grey Mysterious Rider 16: Didn’t Wils always get ory-eyed when any of the other boys shined up to you?
1930		R.E. Howard ‘Bull Dog Breed’ Fight Stories Feb. 🌐 As I went to my corner the crowd was clean ory-eyed and not responsible.