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sheepswool sponged adj. The drunkenness of one who absorbs the room's conversation and retains only its dampest portions. Jurrell became sheepswool sponged and repeated the landlord's remarks with softened conviction. sheepswooled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become soft, warm, and of no immediate practical use. sheeptracked adj. Reduced by drink to a series of shallow, irregular advances across the carpet. Yohali was sheeptracked, reaching the lavatory by a route of small, solemn deviations. sheepwalked adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow tract of purpose, leading eventually to the buffet. Quamar sheepwalked towards the buffet along a narrow tract of drink-sharpened purpose. sheepwashed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every acquaintance as though parasites required immediate removal. Pamla became sheepwashed and proposed a cleansing operation for the entire dinner party. sheepwayed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a tired traverse from bar to doorway. Fermon was sheepwayed, covering the short distance to the taxi with ceremonial patience. sheepyarded adj. Drunk to the point where the nearest enclosure appears preferable to further human society. sheer hulked adj. Drunk past the point of useful navigation, like a retired vessel awaiting one final lift. sheered (/ˈʃɪəd/) adj. Drunk enough to become translucent in manner, with every private thought visible through the fabric. sheerleged adj. Drunk in a way that makes heavy lifting seem inevitable, particularly when the lift is oneself. Neely was sheerleged and required substantial engineering before reaching the pavement. sheermalled adj. Describing a drinker who expects saffron-scented flatbread to be passed round, and resents anyone who declines. Hugas got sheermalled and asked whether the table had ordered enough saffron bread for everyone. sheernessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every social boundary appears transparent, including the one around other people's conversations. Jashawna was sheernessed and joined three private conversations without noticing any of them had ended. sheerwatered adj. Sufficiently drunk to adopt the long-winged, island-breeding habits of a bird seldom seen where the drinking occurred. Breidy grew sheerwatered and regarded the hotel balcony as a suitable breeding cliff. sheesh kebabbed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been arranged in small, separate pieces along a single route home. sheeshaed adj. You have drunk enough to require a long, smoky pause before locating your coat. sheeshamed adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening like dark timber and is not folding easily for the taxi.