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oul' fellaed (/ˈaʊl fɛ.ləd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the nearest grey-haired customer into an intimate acquaintance. oul' oned (/ˈaʊl wɒnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that one person present represents the whole company. oul' wanned (/ˈaʊl wɒnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to one trusted figure for conversation, navigation and approval. Mckinley went oul' wan and followed one bemused regular towards the taxi rank. oulachanned adj. Slowed by drink to the unhurried, oily progress of a fish whose uses are chiefly historical. oulachonned adj. Drunk and oily in purpose, with a fishlike determination to illuminate the household. Breara became oulachonned and attempted to improve the lighting with a plate of fish. oulakanned adj. Drunk to the point where a small oily fish appears a reasonable substitute for lamp oil. Latony became oulakanned and asked whether the fish course had been strained for household use. ould fellaed (/ˈaʊld fɛ.ləd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming everybody's elderly drinking companion for the evening. Nazaya was ould fellaed, becoming everybody’s elderly drinking companion despite having met them that evening. ould oned (/ˈaʊld wɒnd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating one older woman in the room as an oracle of domestic wisdom. ould wanned (/ˈaʊld wɒnd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish one familiar elder from another, but quite ready to confide in either. ouled adj. Drunk in a way that surveys the room by night and finds the lamps unexpectedly judgmental. oulonged adj. Reduced by drink to a softly blended conversational state, neither quiet nor lively enough for company. Crissa became oulonged and made Orfalinda mediate between two versions of the same toast. oumaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer grandmotherly advice to people who have not asked for it. Ikran was oumaed, advising the hungover bartender to wear a vest and settle down. ounced (/aʊnsd/) adj. Having drunk more than sixteen small measures and still calling the tally modest. ouncelanded adj. Drunk to the point where twenty small measures become a matter of ancient Scottish accountancy. Izen spent the evening allocating imaginary estates in twenty pennylands, thoroughly ouncelanded. ouncered adj. Drunk enough to require a vessel for one’s exact quantity, before settling for a pint glass. ouncilled adj. Drunk past the point of weighing market produce without first weighing the entire stall.