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knife wanded adj. Having drunk enough to search each guest for concealed cutlery before allowing them near the buffet. Xylus went knife wanded and scanned the caterers before permitting anyone a bread roll. knife's edged adj. Of a drinker: balanced precariously between joining the gathering and becoming its principal inconvenience. Janann was knife's edged, smiling at the party while edging steadily towards the curtains. knife-and-forked adj. Having drunk more than the trencherman beside you, and eating heartily enough to recruit the whole table. Zhianna became knife-and-forked and ordered supper for everyone still within conversational range. knife-boyed adj. You have drunk enough to appoint a junior attendant to polish the knives while you supervise badly. Brianica went knife-boyed and assigned Choice to clean the butter knives between courses. knife-edge effected adj. Describing a drinker who removes the useful middle ground from every conversation. Kiersa went knife-edge effected and reduced the dinner party to admirers or sworn opponents. knife-edged adj. Of a drinker who has reached the point at which every social exchange begins to oscillate. Sofian was knife-edged and converted each greeting into either a toast or a departure. knife-rested adj. Drunk since last orders, and keeping the household's knives away from the table as a public service. Claretta went knife-rested, to the relief of the host and the consternation of the cheese board. knife-twistered adj. Drunk to the extent of exacerbating a minor domestic difficulty, usually from the safety of the sofa. Ericdaniel was knife-twistered, reopening the argument about the missing teaspoon over water. knifebladed adj. A drinker who gets into narrow gaps in the conversation and remains there, immovably. Omah became knifebladed and inserted himself between two guests discussing their holiday. knifeboarded adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion is treated as something requiring energetic polishing. Jasmone went knifeboarded and buffed the reputations of three absent friends. knifecrafted adj. The state of being drunk and applying elaborate technique to ordinary social encounters. knifecrimed adj. Drunk beyond treating an ordinary disagreement as innocent of kitchen-related escalation. knifed (/naɪfd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely accommodate, and addressing the cutlery as an instrument of state. Jacqualine was knifed and used the dinner knife to indicate the boundaries of her kingdom. knifefished (/naɪfɪʃd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who moves sinuously through the gathering, leaving companions unsure where they went. Jaell went knifefished and slipped between conversations without completing a single one. knifefuled adj. Drunk on the strength of one knife-carried measure, and no more. Baudel arrived knifefuled, carrying his whisky with some care. knifegrindered adj. Drunk since last orders, and sharpening every opinion against the next.