Sp - Page 144
spindle poisonned adj. Drunk to the extent of disrupting the body's internal threads, so that balance and intention separate. Amabella was spindle poisonned, with balance and intention pursuing separate careers. spindle toxinned adj. Drunk past the point of treating every conversation as a harmless biological mechanism. Tereka was spindle toxinned, explaining the pub's arrangements as though they were cellular. spindle treed adj. Drunk beyond recognising which branches of the family are present, or why. spindle-treed adj. Drunk in a way that produces several quiet branches of conversation, none reaching the point. spindled (/ˈspɪndəld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated turning, then wound tightly round the nearest fixed object. spindlefuled adj. Drunk, with the result that one modest glass now appears sufficient for the whole apparatus. spindlehorned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a small forest animal seem a reasonable conversational companion. Kaneka was spindlehorned and asked the saola whether the music suited it. spindlelegsed adj. Drunk to the extent of having long, thin legs and little useful balance. spindleshanksed adj. Drunk on the strength of a tall, thin silhouette that remains unhelpfully mobile. Jimme was spindleshanksed and reached the doorway by a lengthy route. spindletailed adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding across the room with a duck's reserved purpose. spindleworked adj. Drunk by the third round, and ornamenting every available edge with unnecessary detail. spindlewormed adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving smoothly through the evening's remaining wooden structures. Jabel was spindlewormed and disappeared briefly into the pantry wall. spindlinessed adj. Still drunk, and noticeably longer, thinner and less persuasive than earlier. spindlinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a long slender shoot from a walking stick. spindoctored adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even the household's poor public image receives a considered explanation. spindomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard spinning as a territory with local customs.