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ship railwayed adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the shortest route home is not an inclined track for vessels. ship ratted adj. Drunk in a way that makes dark corners, narrow gaps and other people's provisions seem strategically useful. Decima went ship ratted and concealed the crisps beneath a cushion for later. ship warred adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a disagreement over imaginary couples worth defending as a national interest. ship's bellsed adj. Drunk to the extent of announcing the passage of each half-hour with increasing maritime authority. ship's biscuited adj. Drunk on the strength of something hard, dry and apparently capable of sustaining further decisions. ship's boated adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every available object as a small craft for the journey home. Keshun was ship's boated and attempted to cross the hall in a laundry basket. ship's carvered adj. Drunk by closing time, and carving the butter into a figurehead for the morning's toast. Sumayya got ship's carvered and shaped the butter while Dorthea searched for the missing knife. ship's companied adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that everyone present has become a crew requiring direction. ship's corporaled adj. Drunk by closing time, and appointing yourself to maintain order among people who have asked for none. ship's cousinned adj. Still drunk, and treating the least familiar passenger as a cherished relative deserving preferential treatment. ship's daysed adj. Too drunk to accept that loading and unloading are not reasonable descriptions of getting into bed. ship's husbanded adj. Sufficiently drunk to authorise repairs to anything nearby, regardless of ownership or condition. ship-breached adj. Of a drinker: split by drink into several confident plans, none of which remains afloat. ship-buildered adj. Drunk to the extent of assembling the household into sections, with the kitchen and sofa treated as separate vessels. ship-buildinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and engaged in constructing a vessel from blankets, cushions and whatever remains in the kitchen. ship-fevered adj. Drunk by the third round, and dignifying a familiar morning complaint with the status of an expeditionary illness.