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brush-fired adj. Drunk to the extent of spreading rapidly through a room, with each unsteady movement starting another. Blaidd became brush-fired near the stairs, and three people moved to prevent a wider incident. brush-footed butterflied adj. Of a drinker who has exchanged walking for a delicate, irregular progress from surface to surface. Rosaleah went brush-footed butterflied across the room, touching chairs as she passed. brush-furred moused adj. Describing a drinker who keeps close to the walls, making small nocturnal movements and avoiding open floor. Mazari became brush-furred moused after midnight and crossed the hall by skirting every skirting board. brush-makinged adj. Drunk to the point where constructing a route home requires several small, practical stages. Kentrel was brush-makinged, assembling the journey home one coat and bus stop at a time. brush-offed adj. A drinker so far gone that every request for sensible movement receives a curt rejection from the body. Watie was brush-offed by the stairs, which received no cooperation from his legs. brush-penned adj. Loosened by drink into an expressive point, with the ink proceeding more freely than the thought. Mckensy became brush-penned and left a long, wavering message on the receipt. brush-tailed penguined adj. The condition of a drinker who advances upright but waddles, with the arms held out for balance. Kimoralee went brush-tailed penguined up the steps, wings out whenever the banister ended. brush-tailed phascogaled adj. The drunkenness of one who climbs wherever possible, despite possessing no convincing reason to be there. Arvion became brush-tailed phascogaled and was found halfway up the bookcase. brush-tailed possumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and nocturnally committed to climbing into the nearest available conveyance. Cristena was brush-tailed possumed, retreating into the night bus beneath a trailing coat. brush-turkeyed adj. Softened by drink into a broad, wobbling presence that treats the landing as nesting ground. Sol was brush-turkeyed on the landing, gathering coats into a heap before sitting down. brush-upped adj. Loosened by drink into repeated small corrections, none of which restore the original line of travel. Dejai was brush-upped all the way to the door, correcting left and right without improving either. brushabilitied adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a simple brushing motion requires a considered sequence of events. Gertie was brushabilitied at the bathroom mirror, taking a minute to find the correct surface. brushback pitched adj. Drunk to the point where every doorway appears to throw you backwards from the plate. Latris was brushback pitched by the kitchen doorway and landed against the refrigerator. brushbacked adj. Drunk and repeatedly retreating from objects that have not moved towards you. Shaik was brushbacked by the coat stand and backed into the stairs without noticing. brushbared adj. Drunk enough to turn continuously while walking, as though clearing an invisible strip of floor. Daneer was brushbared through the lounge, rotating steadily around the coffee table. brushcutted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a compact, bristling version of himself. Tito was brushcutted and appeared to occupy less vertical space than usual.