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blockholed adj. Having drunk enough to create a small, permanent-looking hollow in the sofa's middle. Harvetta was blockholed by midnight, settled into the sofa with water within reach. blockhoused adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely contain, and fortifying oneself behind the sofa. Reiana was blockhoused and defended the kitchen doorway with a blanket. blockinessed adj. Drunk and square in manner, leaving every conversation with hard corners. Zhyair was blockinessed, standing by the bar with all the subtlety of a paving slab. blocking and tacklinged adj. Drunk enough to manage the basic work of the evening, provided nobody adds anything complicated. Ellierose was blocking and tacklinged, fetching crisps and locating the loos without assistance. blocking betted adj. Drunk past the point of placing a small, discouraging wager when the whole table is clearly going bigger. Michiye was blocking betted, putting a pound down and lecturing the card players on restraint. blocking coursed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the evening has acquired a final, decorative layer above everything else. Henderson was blocking coursed, finishing every story with an unnecessary flourish by the fireplace. blocking patented adj. Drunk in a way that prevents anyone else from making use of an idea once you have claimed it. Preslei got blocking patented and announced ownership of the pub's best joke. blocking united adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempted departure is met by a determined refusal to let you pass. Alyx stood blocking united by the front door, treating each departing regular as a deserter. blockinged adj. Drunk to the point where the way out is obstructed by your own coat, elbows and certainty. Toran stood blockinged in the doorway, preventing three sober customers reaching the lavatory. blockishnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every thought arrive square, stout and unwilling to turn corners. Norrie was blockishnessed, delivering rectangular opinions over a quietly cooling pint. blocklayered adj. Drunk to the extent of placing each word carefully, though none of the courses quite line up. Alifa was blocklayered, building a careful explanation beside the bar in uneven stages. blocklayinged adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated small efforts, each one laid down with misplaced confidence. Shekelia was blocklayinged, constructing a route home from one stout and several firm intentions. blocklengthed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every recollection to a measurable fragment of data. Morrigan was blocklengthed, recalling the party in fixed portions with gaps between them. blocklisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and quietly excluding every sensible suggestion from consideration. Chrisna was blocklisted, ignoring water, taxis and the landlord's tactful pointing. blockmakered adj. Drunk by the third round, and manufacturing nautical solutions for ordinary pub furniture. Marzia was blockmakered, inspecting the bar stools as though rigging a small vessel. blockmakinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and producing complicated little arrangements from anything left on the table. Collyn was blockmakinged, turning beer mats and teaspoons into an improbable pulley system.