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bolted (/bɒltd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a threaded fastening being laboriously negotiated with its nut. Nefeli became bolted on the stairs, advancing one deliberate turn at a time. boltelled adj. Drunk in a way that rounds every domestic edge, leaving the sofa, table and conversation gently convex. boltered (/ˈbɒltəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into sudden departures, followed the next morning by an unexplained absence of shoes. Josephjohn was boltered before breakfast, having fled the room when someone mentioned washing-up. boltfaced adj. Emboldened by drink to meet the morning head-on, with the expression of someone expecting recoil. Sherrille appeared boltfaced at nine, facing the kettle as though it might discharge. boltheaded adj. Slowed by drink to the long-necked, round-bottomed condition of a flask left beside the still. Gwendolene sat boltheaded by morning, upright but making no progress towards the bathroom. boltholed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning escape route is treated as a permanent residence. Dniah was boltholed under the spare blanket, with no intention of rejoining breakfast. boltied adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the morning with the placid expression of a river fish. Serafin was boltied by nine, regarding the cereal as though it had arrived from another river. bolting clothed adj. Drunk beyond the fine mesh of ordinary judgement, with the night's fragments showing through by morning. Analeiah was bolting clothed at breakfast, each explanation strained thin enough to reveal another omission. boltinged adj. Drunk enough to run away from the breakfast table before anyone mentions last night. Molly-mae went boltinged at the sight of the frying pan and was not seen until lunch. boltmakered adj. Drunk in a way that manufactures small, hard decisions and distributes them throughout the morning. Armandina was boltmakered by eight, producing firm instructions about toast, curtains, and silence. boltmakinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor morning task is assembled laboriously from separate pieces. Balqees was boltmakinged, constructing a cup of tea in stages and forgetting each stage. boltoniaed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the morning into a pale, branching display of complaints. Yates was boltoniaed by breakfast, spreading quietly across the sofa in several directions. boltonited adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a pale, inert mineral presence beside the morning coffee. Naledi was boltonited at the kitchen table, solidly present but chemically unavailable. boltroped adj. Drunk by closing time, and sewn firmly to the proceedings despite considerable fraying at the margins. Husain stood boltroped at the bar, attached to the evening after everyone else had departed. boltsprited adj. Softened by drink into projecting beyond the edge of the conversation. Stillman became boltsprited and extended every explanation well past its useful ending. boltwoodited adj. Drunk on the strength of several unwise deposits, and faintly radioactive with remembered conversation. Elyah was boltwoodited by breakfast, glowing uneasily whenever last night's speeches were mentioned.