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sheathbilled (/ˈʃiːθ.bɪld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an Antarctic scavenger, with a white face and a proprietary interest in every abandoned plate. sheathed (/ʃiːθd/) adj. Of a drinker: secured within an imaginary scabbard, with every attempt at conversation emerging at sword length. sheathed cabled adj. Loosened by drink into a length of insulated wiring whose protective outer covering has ceased to offer much protection. sheathered (/ˈʃiːθəd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to make protective coverings for objects which have shown no wish to be protected. Andrelle became sheathered and offered to construct a scabbard for the umbrella. sheathfished adj. You are drunk and freshwater, enormous, and not readily persuaded from the deepest available seat. Niadh sat sheathfished beneath the table, communicating chiefly by slow eye movement. sheathinged (/ˈʃiːðɪŋd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of something being wrapped, encased, and eventually forgotten inside its covering. Tanice grew sheathinged and took seven minutes to put on one glove. sheathotomied adj. Drunk and making small, careful incisions into matters that had not presented for surgery. sheathtail batted adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired a tail, wings, and an unnecessarily elaborate nocturnal route. sheathtail-batted adj. The state of being drunk and nocturnal, airborne in intention, and equipped with an implausibly conspicuous rear appendage. sheathtailed adj. Drunk to the point where departure requires wings, darkness, and a route no mammal would recommend. sheathtailed batted adj. Reduced by drink to a nocturnal creature, repeatedly returning to the same light while claiming to be leaving. sheaved (/ʃiːvd/) adj. Drunk enough to revolve continuously around one subject, the rope of reason passing through a very narrow groove. shebandered adj. Of a drinker who has woken believing the bedroom is a colonial port and the bedside table requires permission. shebanged (/ʃɪˈbæŋ(ɡ)d/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating any arrangement of blankets as a sufficient dwelling until noon. shebeaned adj. Softened by drink into a private, unlicensed drinking house, with tea replacing the evening's stronger stock. shebeasted adj. The drunkenness of one who has woken disagreeable, contemptuous of breakfast, and difficult to have in a room. Shubhi was shebeasted by nine, objecting to the brightness of every clean surface.