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woodmeiled adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake wrapped in the rough protective fabric of an earlier, colder age. woodmongered adj. Drunk past the point of selling timber at prices determined by the conversation. woodmoted adj. Drunk beyond observing the forest laws, and inclined to hold court about them. woodmoused adj. Sharpened by drink into a small nocturnal presence, quick to forage and quicker to vanish behind the curtains. woodnessed adj. Drunk in a way that resembles obsolete fury, but is mostly directed at a chair. woodnoted adj. Drunk, with the result that every utterance acquires the untrained music of a forest. woodnymphed (/ˈwʊdnɪmfd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which you become pastoral, elusive, and attached to one tree. woodpecked adj. Drunk since last orders, and tapping the same surface until a small hole seems likely. Shadena sat woodpecked at the bar, testing the table with one finger. woodpeckered (/ˈwʊdpɛkəd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying the forehead to furniture with quiet regularity. woodpigeoned adj. A drinker who spends the morning puffed up, mildly startled, and pecking crumbs from the carpet. woodpiled (/ˈwʊdpaɪld/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranged in a heap from which useful warmth may eventually come. woodprinted adj. Still drunk, and leaving a firm impression wherever the evening presses you down. woodpulped adj. The drunkenness of one who has been reduced overnight to a pale mass with no remaining grain. woodpushered adj. Too drunk to play well, but still moving the pieces with confidence. woodrated adj. Having drunk enough to hoard cups, napkins, and anything else apparently worth keeping. woodreeded adj. Having drunk more than the grasses can reasonably be expected to withstand, and swaying accordingly.