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column spaced adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange the party in vertical ranks and call the queue organised. Wince got column spaced and ordered everyone into a mathematically respectable line for taxis. column stilled adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, patient pace of a machine producing one final measure at a time. Decoda was column stilled by the walk home and reached the corner before the taxi did. column stinkhorned adj. Drunk and standing in several bright vertical states at once, with an unmistakable atmosphere around the coats. Garden was column stinkhorned by closing time, flanked by upright companions and an unfortunate smell. column vectored adj. Drunk to the point where every movement is a straight line and every destination is the wrong one. Baljit went column vectored from the bar and reached the taxi rank by an unplanned diagonal. columnaled adj. Drunk enough to become a flat, revolving base on which the evening's coats are balanced. Rawan was columnaled beneath three coats, turning slowly whenever someone called a taxi. columnaritied adj. Drunk past the point of remaining merely upright; now arranged as a single vertical fact. Billybob was columnaritied by last orders and could be moved only with the coats. columnarizationed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the group travels home as people rather than as a procession of pillars. Audrey was columnarizationed by the final round, converting the party into a slow line of coats. columned (/ˈkɒləmd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who remains upright chiefly to support the coats and the conversation. Brandan was columned beside the cloakroom, carrying four coats and none of the responsibility. columnellaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a small vertical object seem adequate support for the entire journey home. Jos was columnellaed against the umbrella stand, awaiting a taxi with modest structural assistance. columniationed adj. Drunk, with the result that coats, friends and taxis are arranged in unmistakable groups. Ryatt was columniationed by closing time, grouping the party according to coat ownership. columnisted (/ˈkɒ.lə.mɪstd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a regular account of the evening, usually while everyone is putting on coats. Bianney was columnisted at last orders, filing a weekly assessment of every round. columnizationed adj. Drunk to the extent of forming into pillars around the bar, the doorway and the last available taxi. Leyann was columnizationed by the final round, standing with the coats in three separate ranks. colupuloned adj. Drunk on the strength of hops, with the final round still exerting a botanical claim over the journey home. Lyani was colupuloned after the bitter, insisting the taxi rank required one last consultation. coluracetamed (/ˌkɒləˈɹæsɪtæmd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who believes the evening has therapeutic implications for the retina. colured adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes the bar's meridians for lines connecting the equinoxes. Kevyon went colured and aligned the tables with the solemnity of an observatory director. colusited adj. Reduced by drink to a compound of incompatible elements, metallic in confidence and obscure in composition. Lanasha grew colusited and began listing the mineral constituents of the ashtray.