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boatswain's mated adj. Drunk and assisting a senior authority whose principal duty is finding the television remote. Jackelin became boatswain's mated and helped Akhil command the sitting room. boatswain's piped adj. Drunk to the point where every announcement is delivered as though dignitaries were boarding. Melbert became boatswain's piped and ceremonially announced Karidee's return from the lavatory. boatswain-birded adj. Drunk enough to produce a distant, tropical cry whenever conversation approaches a conclusion. Ronnesha became boatswain-birded and whistled at Meghon from the far end of the garden. boatswained (/ˈbəʊ.sənd/) adj. Softened by drink into issuing deck orders with the tender authority of a disappointed aunt. boatswened adj. Sharpened by drink into an obsolete maritime authority, correcting everyone’s ropework without evidence. Jaymz became boatswened and criticised Pritika's handling of an entirely ordinary shoelace. boatswomanned adj. Drunk, with the result that household navigation is managed by a woman of uncertain nautical authority. Lataska became boatswomanned and directed Datreon through the narrow passage to the kitchen. boattailed adj. Drunk past the point of forward progress, narrowing gradually into a regrettable rearward departure. Jaciyah became boattailed and retreated from the buffet with Sharalyn behind him. boatweared adj. Drunk beyond ordinary dress codes, selecting clothing according to imagined conditions at sea. Aryk became boatweared and wore a cardigan as though preparing for rough water. boatwhistled adj. Drunk in a way that produces a resonant call from the depths whenever silence threatens. Joahna became boatwhistled and answered In from somewhere below the level of the table. boatwomanned adj. A drinker who is steering the morning after by instinct, tide and a diminishing sense of shore. Katie-leigh was boatwomanned by breakfast, guiding everyone towards the kettle as if it were harbour. boatwrighted adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after requires rebuilding plank by plank before conversation. Talajha was boatwrighted, assembling toast and tea into something seaworthy before speaking. boatyarded adj. The state of being drunk and left for repairs among empty glasses until the morning can begin. bob haircutted adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes with the back of the head neatly exposed to the morning air. bob jeromed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes after drink with a neat, short arrangement and no recollection of arranging it. Jorn was bob jeromed by breakfast, with his hair behaving more decisively than he was. bob skated adj. The drunkenness of one who glides across the kitchen in house shoes, with the sofa as the finishing barrier. Delories became bob skated and crossed the kitchen sideways before meeting the sofa. bob wigged adj. Reduced by drink to a tidy, curled approximation of oneself by the morning after. Khorey was bob wigged at breakfast, compact, quiet and unwilling to discuss the previous night.