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ring winged adj. A drinker who moves in closed circles, returning neatly to the place from which balance failed. ring wrenched adj. The state of being drunk and applying a powerful grip wherever delicate coordination was required. Xanthia went ring wrenched and seized the banister hard enough to stop halfway downstairs. ring-a-levioed adj. Drunk and treating the pub as two territories, with captured acquaintances held near the fruit machine. ring-barked adj. The condition of a drinker who has lost the outer layer of composure and is standing exposed beneath it. ring-billed gulled adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a gull's balance, call and interest in unattended food. ring-bolted adj. Sharpened by drink into a fixed point from which you direct every taxi and coat. ring-boned adj. Drunk and developing a bony certainty that the taxi rank lies just beyond the next corner. ring-caked adj. Reduced by drink to cutting the evening into neat portions, each containing another improbable chance. ring-droppinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced every discarded trinket is a bargain awaiting discovery. ring-fingered adj. Drunk beyond sensible ceremony, repeatedly assigning romantic significance to whichever hand is nearest. ring-inned adj. Drunk by closing time, and volunteering to replace whoever has been trusted with the coats. Larreon became ring-inned at last orders and took over the coat queue without invitation. ring-locked adj. Still drunk, and unable to move from the kerb until someone releases the wheel. Amileo was ring-locked beside the taxi, insisting the vehicle had personally detained him. ring-manned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the breakfast table a circus and the cutlery its performers. ring-necked ducked adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without repeatedly diving beneath tables for forgotten glasses. ring-necked parakeeted adj. Sufficiently drunk to escape the arranged journey home and establish yourself elsewhere without permission. ring-necked pheasanted adj. Having drunk enough to become decorative, unexpectedly naturalised, and difficult to return indoors. Amadis grew ring-necked pheasanted beside the smoking shelter and refused the offered taxi.