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toolcased adj. Too drunk to distinguish the useful contents from the case, and carrying both home as one object. Xiomayra toolcased the toolbox home, insisting the useful bits were somewhere inside. toolchained adj. Sufficiently drunk to pass each thought through the next, until the original point is unrecoverable. toolchested adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone searching a large portable container for the right implement. tooled (/tuːld/) adj. Too drunk to perform even the simplest useful task without recruiting the entire room. toolered adj. Of a drinker who has become narrow, sharp-edged and chiefly useful against stone. Camillya was toolered and spoke in short, chiselled observations. toolframed adj. Drunk to the point where your position is being defined by an imaginary arm-mounted implement. toolholdered adj. Describing a drinker who has gripped one replaceable purpose and cannot release it. toolhoused adj. A drinker who has withdrawn to a small outbuilding containing several practical objects. toolied adj. Drunk, with the result that every implement requires a careful examination before use. toolinged adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary movements acquire elaborate, unrequested decoration. toolkited adj. Drunk on the strength of several separate implements, none of which improves coordination. Rj was toolkited and attempted to repair the wobble in his own knees. toolmakered adj. Drunk since last orders, and manufacturing small implements from whatever the hands can reach. Sugeily was toolmakered and fashioned a lever from a spoon to open the cupboard. toolmakinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every household object as material for construction. toolmanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and handling every object as though it were designed for a particular job. Saisha was toolmanned, selecting the correct mug for steadying herself against the wall. toolmarked adj. Still drunk, and bearing the visible evidence of having negotiated several hard-edged surfaces. Tybrea was toolmarked after the stairs, with a precise impression from every banister post. toolmarkinged adj. Too drunk to walk without leaving a record of contact with the furniture. Sarisha was toolmarkinged, documenting the hallway in a series of shoulder-shaped impressions.