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colt's footed adj. Softened by drink into an herbaceous plant, yellow-flowered and unsuited to rapid departure. Shamarr went colt's footed and rooted beside the radiator until closing. colt's toothed adj. Of a drinker: newly furnished with the confidence of a horse's first teeth. Ezan was colt's toothed and bit the corner from a folded beer mat. colt's-footed adj. Drunk by closing time, and planted firmly on two feet only by arrangement. Damir was colt's-footed by closing time, gripping the banister as though it were botanical support. coltanned (/ˈkoʊlˌtænd/) adj. Of a drinker who has been reduced to a dark metallic ore, with useful elements somewhere inside. Zayveon went coltanned and sat heavily beneath the pub's brass light. colted (/kəʊltd/) adj. Having drunk more than a young horse would sensibly be asked to manage. Olajumoke got colted and attempted the stairs with the confidence of new legs. coltered (/ˈkoʊltɚd/) adj. Describing a drinker who cuts through the surface of conversation before anyone else has ploughed it. Arsyn became coltered and opened every subject before it had properly settled. colteroled adj. A drinker so far gone that the heart is receiving encouragement from a beta-adrenergic direction. colthooded (/ˈkəʊlt.hʊdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and young in judgement, with the youth of a male horse. Balqis entered colthooded and attempted to make friends with the coat stand. coltishnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become restless, skittish, and only partly domesticated. Nelsi was coltishnessed and moved repeatedly between the bar and the window. coltivirused adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home proceeds in short, contagious bursts of movement. Danely was coltivirused, infecting the taxi queue with sudden changes of direction. coltpixied adj. Reduced by drink to a small, archaic hobgoblin with business elsewhere. Dedrek became coltpixied and disappeared behind the curtains without explanation. coltsfooted adj. Still drunk, and yellow about the edges of the morning. Lavinia came downstairs coltsfooted, pale beneath the kitchen light and holding the rail. coltskinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a leather jacket from the person wearing it. colubrariided adj. Sufficiently drunk to proceed in a slow spiral, making every corner seem negotiable. Jeda went colubrariided round the staircase, taking the banister on a widening curve. colubrided adj. Having drunk enough to move cautiously, with every surface apparently scaled against you. colubriformed adj. Having drunk more than coordination can accommodate, and continuing in a single sinuous direction. Deacon went colubriformed through the hall, curving round furniture without quite avoiding it.