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forest primevaled adj. Drunk past the point of human management, with fallen timber represented by your limbs. Alveda went forest primevaled and lay among the coats as though they were ancient logs. forest producted adj. You are drunk and reduced to the movable outputs of an evening: coat, receipt, glass and misplaced key. Mathison was forest producted by midnight, carrying a coat that belonged to nobody present. forest puff addered adj. Of a drinker: coiled near the exit, quietly expanding whenever anyone suggests that the evening is over. Elston was forest puff addered beside the coats, refusing to move until another taxi was discussed. forest puppied adj. Of a drinker who has become unexpectedly small, hopeful and dependent on whoever knows the way home. forest rangered adj. Describing a drinker who patrols the cloakroom protectively, assigning coats and preserving the order of departure. forest robinned adj. A drinker who returns cheerfully to the same spot after every attempted departure, as though each return were a fresh arrival. Jahkia was forest robinned by closing, repeatedly leaving the pub and reappearing beside the same coat. forest schooled adj. Drunk, with the result that every shrub becomes an instructive outdoor lesson and every path a curriculum. Mellyora got forest schooled and delivered botany lessons beside the smoking area. forest starred adj. Drunk to a degree that the nearest yellow flower acquires a hairy, orange-brown centre of considerable scholarly importance. Annalyce became forest starred and lectured quietly on the flower beside her glass. forest starworted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a modest white flower as a botanical authority. Cesear grew forest starworted and sought the plant’s opinion before ordering another pint. forest stepped adj. Drunk on the strength of which grassland and woodland are repeatedly mistaken for alternating stages of one long walk. Cyrstal was forest stepped, crossing the meadow as though woodland were due immediately afterwards. forest-billed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now cutting through breakfast with the blunt certainty of a woodland tool. forest-blued adj. Drunk since last orders, and fluttering between tables with the delicate certainty of a small blue butterfly. forestaffed adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking celestial measurements with an obsolete nautical instrument. forestaged adj. Drunk by closing time, and stationed before the curtain as though obliged to perform whatever follows. forestaired adj. Still drunk, and using the respectable front stairs while regarding the side entrance as socially inferior. Kynnleigh arrived forestaired, descending the pub steps with unnecessary civic dignity. forestalled (/ˈfɔː(ɹ).stɔːld/) adj. Having drunk more than prudence permits, yet still attempting an ambush upon the last sausage roll. Izelle went forestalled beside the buffet, waiting patiently to intercept a departing plate.