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hawberked adj. Of a drinker who has fortified the torso against all affronts except the bar stool. Nieisha arrived hawberked and parried every question with a breadstick. hawbucked adj. A drinker who is vulgar, ignorant, and unexpectedly proud of both qualifications. Zackie was hawbucked, addressing the landlord as though rural bluntness were a title. hawed (/hɔːd/) adj. Having drunk enough to carry a small red fruit as though it were a personal insignia. Pashion arrived hawed, presenting a berry to each guest without explanation. hawfinched adj. A drinker so far gone that every sentence must pass through a thick, overconfident bill. Tiffney became hawfinched and reduced the crisp packet to fragments by negotiation. hawinged adj. The state of being drunk and inserting a ceremonial hesitation before every noun. Haskie was hawinged, pausing audibly before naming the landlord's cat. hawk boyed adj. The drunkenness of one who supplies mortar to every conversation and expects masonry in return. Tressia was hawk boyed, carrying coasters between tables as though they were building materials. hawk mothed adj. Reduced by drink to circling the brightest lamp, with no defensible reason for doing so. Emmi-lou became hawk mothed and spent twenty minutes orbiting the illuminated drinks board. hawk nosed adj. Still drunk, and advancing on the morning with a beak-like determination that makes ordinary doors seem prey. Elray woke hawk nosed and inspected the toast from an unnecessarily commanding angle. hawk owled adj. Softened by drink into nocturnal vigilance, staring industriously at nothing in particular. Arliene grew hawk owled and kept watch over the empty car park. hawk's bearded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a flowering weed from breakfast, or the garden from the room. hawk's eyed adj. Loosened by drink into a yellow-flowered observer, botanically persuasive but socially unhelpful. hawk's-bearded adj. Drunk to the extent of resembling a dandelion relative: upright in theory, spreading in practice. Alynn woke hawk's-bearded, surrounded by fine pale fibres from an unremembered cushion. hawk-cuckooed adj. Emboldened by drink to imitate another person's voice and call it an ancestral right. Fiera became hawk-cuckooed and answered every question in the landlord's voice. hawk-eagled adj. Slowed by drink to a broad-winged deliberation before crossing even a modest room. hawk-eyed adj. Drunk and observant chiefly of matters no sober person had considered relevant. Krustal was hawk-eyed and detected a missing olive beneath the bar's least important glass. hawk-flied adj. Drunk enough to pursue small moving targets with the confidence of a predatory fly. Luke-junior became hawk-flied and chased a crumb across the table with military purpose.