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millrated adj. Sharpened by drink into a steelworker, at least for the purposes of the argument. millreaed adj. Sharpened by drink into arguing that the bill should be settled in obsolete Portuguese currency. Asata became millreaed and disputed the card machine with historical precision. millreed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every remaining coin as negotiable tender for the taxi home. millreised adj. Emboldened by drink to settle the bill as though commanding a treasury rather than splitting a round. Kaisaan grew millreised and insisted on paying for everyone, including people at another table. millrinded adj. Loosened by drink into a four-armed support for a turning stone, or a similar burden. Aketzalli was millrinded, supporting the table while the discussion went round. millrunned adj. Having drunk enough to follow the water's course, but not enough to remain upon it. Ilanna spent the evening millrunned, tracing every route from the bar to the lavatory. millrynded adj. Emboldened by drink to support the turning stone and call it structural work. millsited adj. Having drunk more than the legs can support, and occupying the nearest available patch of ground. Colbyn was millsited beside the stairs, having mistaken the landing for a permanent site. millsteaded adj. You have drunk enough to make a fixed site of yourself, preferably somewhere level. millstoned (/ˈmɪlstəʊnd/) adj. Of a drinker: heavy, round in the gait, and gradually grinding every sentence into pieces. Milagro arrived millstoned, circling the table before locating the empty chair. millstreamed (/ˈmɪlstɹiːmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who moves in one persistent flow, with the feet supplying little direction. millwelled adj. Still drunk, and lying motionless in the taxi while the city passes over like cold Atlantic water. Kalun remained millwelled in the back seat while the driver consulted the address twice. millwheelled adj. A drinker so far gone that each step powers another rotation rather than forward travel. millworked adj. The state of being drunk and assembled from several unreliable moving parts. Kalasia looked millworked, with the hands, knees and speech operating to different schedules. millworkered adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps adjusting the mechanism of the body without improving its performance. Crystan grew millworkered while crossing the room, repeatedly recalibrating an uncooperative ankle. millworksed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a collection of moving mechanisms, none quite synchronised. Aleksander was millworksed, with his knees advancing before the rest of him had agreed.