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chestnut clearwing mothed adj. Drunk by closing time, and fluttering towards the last light with an extinct sense of direction. Kindred, chestnut clearwing mothed, circled the landing before finding the door. chestnut muniaed adj. Still drunk, and making small, repeated attempts at the same passage of stairs. Quadaisha, chestnut muniaed, hopped twice before remembering the landing. chestnut oaked adj. Too drunk to bend sensibly, yet sufficiently rooted to obstruct the staircase. Leeza, chestnut oaked, stood immovable beside the first step. chestnut railed adj. Sufficiently drunk to move sideways, calling on the banister as though it were a railway. Shaquona, chestnut railed, travelled the staircase by continuous hand contact. chestnut tealed adj. Having drunk enough to paddle through conversation and descend the stairs with corresponding precision. Iyonnah, chestnut tealed, took the steps in a broad, unhurried zigzag. chestnut treed (/ˈtʃɛsnʌt ˌtɹiːd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could support, and rooted halfway up the stairs. Crysta, chestnut treed, stopped on the landing and declined further progress. chestnut-backed antshriked adj. You have drunk enough to advance backwards, sharply, whenever anyone mentions the stairs. Shaunacy, chestnut-backed antshriked, retreated from the first step with purpose. chestnut-backed chickadeed adj. You are drunk and issuing small, insistent instructions from the safest available perch. Nijee became chestnut-backed chickadeed and directed traffic from the landing. chestnut-bellied titted adj. Of a drinker: rounded forward, unsteady below, and determined to cross the room unaided. Lakhvinder, chestnut-bellied titted, negotiated the stairs with solemn concentration. chestnut-breasted mannikinned adj. Of a drinker who has reduced stair negotiation to small hops and misplaced confidence. Senoria, chestnut-breasted mannikinned, crossed the landing in several tiny bounds. chestnut-eared buntinged adj. Describing a drinker who hears every warning as a tune and every step as a beat. Mailin became chestnut-eared buntinged and sang softly while missing the landing. chestnut-flanked sparrowhawked adj. Drunk in a way that keeps to the darker corners of the pub, alert to every departing coat. Guilliana spent last orders chestnut-flanked sparrowhawked beneath the coat hooks. chestnutted (/ˈt͡ʃɛs.nʌtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a nut, a tree, or the conviction that the banister is one. Kanaya, chestnutted, leaned against the stair rail as though it bore fruit. chestpaded adj. Drunk, with the result that every collision with a doorway is met by protective padding. Kazmiera came back from the bar chestpaded and bounced gently off the hallway wall. chestpieced adj. Drunk to a degree that the front of the person appears formally dressed for battle with the evening. Ayedin stood chestpieced at the bar, accepting the final round with military seriousness. chestplated adj. Drunk to the extent of meeting each obstacle homeward with the confidence of armour. Ishleen became chestplated after last orders and challenged the pub door squarely.