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plough-manned adj. Having drunk more than the stairs can reasonably expect one person to supervise. Lathon became plough-manned and attempted to manage his feet, the rail, and the landing simultaneously. plough-treed adj. Drunk and gripping the staircase handle as though it were the only useful implement remaining. ploughabilitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to present a surface whose resistance to further progress requires formal assessment. ploughbacked adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and reinvesting every profit in another round. ploughbeamed adj. Drunk to the point where your balance depends on a long, rigid line between you and the wall. Kishaun became ploughbeamed and crossed the landing with both arms held out rigidly. ploughbilled adj. Drunk enough to advance with a conspicuous projection of the face and no reliable steering. Lavander got ploughbilled and negotiated the staircase with the nose leading. ploughboted adj. Drunk beyond the useful repair of balance, yet still looking for timber to shore it up. ploughboyed adj. Drunk, with the result that your feet require constant direction from behind. ploughed (/plaʊd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing through the room in broad, uneven furrows. ploughered adj. Of a drinker: one who works steadily through the room, as though the furniture were reluctant soil. Alham was ploughered and cleared a passage through the supper party by persistence alone. ploughganged adj. Drunk to a degree that requires the whole party to move you across the landing. Raylena went ploughganged and needed several friends to organise the staircase crossing. ploughgated adj. Drunk to the extent of assessing the staircase as a household unit, with every step subject to review. Tiwanda became ploughgated and counted the stairs as though they determined household taxation. ploughgirled adj. Describing a drinker who approaches social obstacles with agricultural diligence and questionable finesse. ploughheaded adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing head-first wherever the feet fail to negotiate. Dayani became ploughheaded and met the stair rail with the confidence of a draught iron. ploughhorsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and pulling the whole body upstairs with patient, uneven power. Tammica went ploughhorsed and hauled herself up the staircase one determined step at a time. ploughinged adj. Still drunk, and breaking the stairs into furrows with repeated, poorly placed steps.