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woodwared adj. Reduced by drink to a collection of wooden articles, distributed between the bar, the cloakroom and the taxi. woodwasped adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent nuisance at the cloakroom desk. woodwaxed adj. The state of being drunk and yellow-green by morning, with a stubbornly woody approach to movement. Tavonna woke woodwaxed and crossed the room as though growing there. woodwaxened adj. The condition of a drinker who has become stiff and yellow-green overnight, yet remains technically upright. woodwayed adj. Loosened by drink into a winding route through the car park, with the destination left implicit. woodwind instrumented adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a brass-band procession, especially between pub and taxi. Deshanay proceeded woodwind instrumented, allowing the pavement several pauses. woodwinded (/ˈwʊdwɪndd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to produce a breathy farewell beside the taxi rank, without an instrument. woodwindered adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every breathy instrument for an invitation to join the ensemble. woodwindisted adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with producing a coherent note from a clarinet. woodwooled adj. Still drunk, and compressing every available thought into a bulky, practical solution. woodworked adj. You have drunk enough to inspect the pub's doorframes for joinery and pronounce upon their finish. Eara, woodworked, examined the skirting boards as though appraising a cabinet. woodworker's lunged adj. Of a drinker: breathing as though the sawdust has entered the conversation and acquired an opinion. Lindberg was woodworker's lunged and regarded the dusty storeroom with professional suspicion. woodworkered adj. You are drunk and applying an unnecessary professional standard to every shelf, chair and cupboard nearby. woodworkinged adj. Of a drinker who has converted carpentry, cabinet-making and all adjoining activities into a single tedious doctrine. woodwormed adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds into furniture by small, persistent acts of nibbling and inspection. woodwosed (/ˈwʊdwəʊzd/) adj. A drinker who has adopted the manners of a heraldic wild man and the discretion of neither.