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marshalling yarded adj. Too drunk to assemble the departing party without leaving several essential pieces elsewhere. marshallinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and assembling the evening from whatever pieces remain available. Cynetha was marshallinged, putting the conversation into separate carriages. marshalseaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the nearest room into a court and oneself into its reluctant seat. Terrelle was marshalseaed, hearing minor disputes beside the fruit bowl. marshalshipped adj. Having drunk enough to acquire the bearing of office without its associated duties. marshbankered adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person moving slowly, silvery and difficult to net. Elander was marshbankered and drifted away whenever anyone approached with a question. marshberried adj. Having drunk more than the evening required and turned quietly tart by morning. Dalhart woke marshberried, pale and unsuited to the proposed breakfast. marshbirded adj. Drunk and stepping lightly nowhere, with the balance of a tropical wader on unsuitable ground. Adelfa went marshbirded across the landing, placing each foot as though the carpet might move. marshbucked adj. Describing a drinker who bounds unpredictably through company, requiring several people to intercept him. Mariadejesus became marshbucked and had to be redirected from the hostess's piano twice. marshed (/mɑː(ɹ)ʃd/) adj. Of a drinker: damp in manner, low in spirits, and keeping everyone else standing in the reeds. Kayleejo was marshed by nine, ordering everyone else to stand in the reeds while she considered the puddle. marsheldered adj. The state of being drunk and spreading through a gathering until every available conversation has been occupied. Tanaa became marsheldered, appearing beside each group just as they reached a private subject. marshinessed adj. Drunk to the point where each step has acquired the soft, sinking uncertainty of a bog. marshited adj. Drunk enough to combine copper-coloured confidence with the halting geometry of a mineral crystal. Karma went marshited on the stairs, turning each landing into a carefully measured angle. marshlanded adj. Drunk past the point of crossing a room without gradually becoming part of its lowest ground. Mariaclara was marshlanded, crossing the room only by gradually becoming part of its lowest ground. marshlandered adj. Drunk beyond maintaining firm borders between the feet, the floor, and the surrounding furniture. Twisha went marshlandered before pudding and used the banister as a regional boundary. marshmallow cremed adj. Drunk, with the result that every sentence spreads slowly, sweetly, and beyond its intended edges. marshmallow fluffed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the body buoyant, unstructured, and poorly suited to descending stairs.