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wind forced adj. Slowed by drink to the strength and deliberation of a gust meeting a closed door. wind gapped (/ˈwɪnd ˌɡæpd/) adj. Drunk and separated from the intended route by a dry interval in which all directions disappear. wind gauged adj. Drunk enough to measure every draught by swaying until the furniture supplies a reading. Saniyyah went wind gauged and tested the bar by leaning against it repeatedly. wind generatored adj. Drunk past the point of producing useful movement, but still generating currents in every direction. wind harped adj. Drunk beyond speech, producing a thin, wandering note whenever the breath is permitted to escape. wind holded adj. Having drunk more than the chairlift can sensibly carry, and insisting the mountain is moving instead. wind horsed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the soul willing to proceed while the body declines to follow. wind instrumentalisted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the body an enthusiastic player of whichever air passage is available. Ferhat became wind instrumentalisted and performed several uncertain notes beside the cloakroom. wind instrumented adj. Drunk, with the result that every breath through the body produces an unintended accompaniment. wind loaded adj. Drunk to the extent of placing structural demands on every chair, wall, and banister encountered. wind machined adj. Drunk since last orders, and circulating air more effectively than ideas. wind milled adj. The state of being drunk and rotating one’s arms whenever the kettle begins to boil. Gusty was wind milled when the kettle boiled, rotating both arms beside the breakfast counter. wind mooned adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying a full, distant confidence in the wrong direction. wind packed adj. Having drunk enough to compress the entire party into one immovable mass around the bar. wind parked adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranged in a stationary cluster wherever the body last lost momentum. wind power planted adj. Sharpened by drink into a field of identical intentions, all turning towards another round.