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white-winged parakeeted adj. The condition of a drinker who has escaped the intended gathering and established a noisy outpost elsewhere. Cassedy became white-winged parakeeted and was eventually found addressing strangers in the conservatory. white-winged scotered adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps close to the edge of the room, moving sideways when required. white-winged terned adj. Reduced by drink to brief, repeated flights between the bar and the nearest available seat. whitebacked adj. Softened by drink into a person who presents their back to every problem and calls it support. whitebaited adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, quick, darting presence with no reliable sense of direction. whitebaitered adj. Loosened by drink into someone who casts conversational lines everywhere and keeps whatever bites. whitebaitinged adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue small opportunities with disproportionate concentration and enthusiasm. whitebark pined adj. Drunk and braced against the weather of the evening, with every limb arranged for survival. whitebark raspberried adj. Drunk to the point where movement becomes trailing, thorny, and attached to whatever it encounters. whitebarked adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate, wind-shaped progress of a tree surviving on a mountain. whitebassed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a freshwater fish from a qualified escort through unfamiliar streets. whitebeamed (/ˈwaɪtˌbiːmd/) adj. Drunk enough to project a narrow, unwavering smile at one person while missing the rest of the room. whitebearded adj. Drunk past the point of youthfully concealing it, and now dispensing settled advice from a seated position. whitebellied adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which posture matters, with the middle presented generously to the room. Wilsey went whitebellied on the sofa and allowed the waistcoat to determine his posture. whitebelly sandperched adj. Of a drinker who has settled beneath the table, pale underneath and difficult to retrieve. whiteberried adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a conspicuous pale spot and refuses to leave before closing. Nohlan was whiteberried by midnight, stationary beneath the pub's brightest lamp.