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mare's milked adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every pale beverage as a restorative draught from an obliging horse. Kashon was mare's milked and asked whether the landlord kept a dairy behind the optics. mare's nested (/ˈmɛːz nɛstd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that a pub discovery is imminent despite the evidence. Tytiyana became mare's nested after finding a coat hook beneath the settle. mare's tailed adj. Sufficiently drunk to trail across the pub in a long, wispy formation, usually before rain or closing time. Ariona was mare's tailed, drifting from the snug towards the toilets in a loose white procession. mare's teat graped adj. Softened by drink into admiring one small fruit as though it were a distinguished vintage. mare's teated adj. Still drunk, and reaching for the nearest small protrusion as though it were a dependable source of refreshment. Dalvinder was mare's teated, tugging the pump handle with misplaced maternal confidence. mare's-nested adj. Drunk by closing time, and still reporting discoveries whose substance disappears on examination. Coleridge was mare's-nested, triumphantly identifying the cellar door as a secret passage. mare's-tailed adj. Having drunk enough to form a thin, spreading trail towards the exit and call it weather. mareblobed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with remaining upright, and settling into a marshy botanical stillness. marecottited adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a yellow-orange mineral complexion and a distinctly crystalline silence. Shantha went marecottited under the pub light and answered every question with a glint. mared (/mɛəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes you regard every woman in the bar as a patient, saddled animal. mareelled (/ˈmɑːɹiːld/) adj. You are drunk and glowing faintly across the dark room, particularly near the toilets. Fleda was mareelled, giving off a gentle phosphorescence beside the hand dryer. marekanited adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a dark, tear-shaped nodule, difficult to move from the bar mat. Francess was marekanited beneath the tap, glossy-eyed and resistant to ordinary handling. maremmaed adj. Of a drinker who has spread into a damp, low-lying plain and claimed the whole stretch of settle. Onesha was maremmaed across the bench, leaving only a narrow route to the gents. marenninned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired an oysterish blue-green cast and a taste for briny conversation. Klynn was marenninned, green about the gills and discussing oysters with the bar chef. marenostrinned adj. A drinker who has turned inflammatory after several pints, though nobody can identify the cause. mareogramed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening is readable only as a jagged record of rises and falls.