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solar batteried adj. Drunk and recharging on the sofa, preferably in sunlight and beside a full glass. solar boated adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa becomes a ceremonial vessel and the kitchen a distant shore. solar calendared adj. Drunk enough to organise the evening by the changing position of the glass of water. solar carred adj. Drunk past the point of steering, yet still attempting to drive a cushion towards the kitchen. solar celled adj. Of a drinker: quietly converting sunshine, lager and bar talk into usable current. solar collectored adj. Of a drinker who has gathered every scrap of warmth in the bar and is storing it for later. solar comedoed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a small, sun-baked facial bump and no recollection of its origin. Esey was solar comedoed, displaying a sun-baked facial papule acquired sometime between lunch and closing. solar constanted adj. A drinker who delivers the same radiant quantity of pub wisdom, whatever the audience or hour. solar coronaed adj. A drinker so far gone that an unmistakable glow is visible round the head, chiefly in the optics of bystanders. Jumarcus looked solar coronaed beneath the pub lights and blessed everyone near the fruit machine. solar crossed adj. The state of being drunk and solemnly orientated towards four points at once. Ava-lei stood solar crossed beside the dartboard, blessing each direction with a separate toast. solar cycled adj. Of a drinker: passing majestically from radiant optimism to complete darkness and back again. solar dayed adj. The drunkenness of one who takes a full day to return to the same apparently sensible idea. solar eclipsed (/ˈsəʊlə ɪˈklɪpsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to appearing briefly between two people, then disappearing altogether behind them. Lendol became solar eclipsed between the regulars and was not seen again until the taxi arrived. solar energetic particled adj. Softened by drink into a high-energy speck, travelling rapidly from one end of the bar to the other. solar energied adj. Sharpened by drink into a useful source of heat, light and ill-advised electrical opinions. Gabreil became solar energied and attempted to improve the pub’s wiring with a spoon. solar engined adj. Loosened by drink into a self-propelling mechanism whose destination is decided by the nearest open door. Androulla went solar engined, crossing the bar under her own power but without a declared route.