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heather voled adj. You have drunk enough to scurry along the skirting board, avoiding open ground and eye contact. Gemima went heather voled beneath the conversation and emerged beside the coat stand. heather-belled adj. You are drunk and ringing softly against the banister whenever the stairs become too ambitious. Sebastino was heather-belled by the landing, making a faint announcement at every corner. heather-bleated adj. Of a drinker: making small, plaintive noises whenever asked to descend without assistance. Clodie became heather-bleated halfway down, producing a quiet protest at each riser. heather-mixtured adj. Of a drinker who has lost the distinction between separate steps, directions and parts of speech. Karrar was heather-mixtured, blending three stairs, a landing and one sentence together. heathered (/ˈhɛðəd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a step from a small flowering shrub, or to pass either elegantly. Kavali became heathered and inspected the staircase for purple blooms between each hesitant step. heatheried (/ˈhiːθəɹid/) adj. A drinker who has become carefully cultivated, yet remains entirely unsuitable for transplanting downstairs. heatherinessed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the soft, uneven texture of a moorland walk. heathlanded adj. A drinker so far gone that the hallway has become open scrubland with no reliable paths. heathworted adj. The state of being drunk and rooted to the nearest upright surface, with speech growing in tufts. heathwrened adj. The drunkenness of one who moves in brief, erratic bursts, especially when confronted by stairs. heatinessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and radiating the settled conviction that warmth is a medical strategy. Darain became heatinessed and tucked himself beside the radiator to improve his constitution. heating engineered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who diagnoses every loss of balance as an installation fault. Shing went heating engineered on the staircase and blamed the banister for the entire descent. heating oiled adj. Still drunk, and treating the journey home as something requiring a steady supply of warmth. heating padded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a warming remedy from a suitable place to rest one's head. Fenne arrived at the house heating padded and settled against the radiator. heating surfaced adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every exposed table, radiator and window as part of the evening's warmth. heatinged (/ˈhiːtɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into a warm, slow-moving body that requires the banister to maintain circulation.