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steering grouped adj. Still drunk, and arranging every attempted movement into a committee before permitting it to proceed. steering headed adj. Too drunk to keep the head aligned with the direction of travel. steering wheel becketed adj. Having drunk enough to require both hands, and still finding the banister insufficiently fixed. steering wheel spinner knobbed adj. You are drunk and turning confidently with one hand while the rest of your coordination remains optional. Ramont came steering wheel spinner knobbed, pivoting round the doorway without moving his feet. steering wheel spinnered adj. Having drunk more than the hands can compensate for, and turning freely without taking the body anywhere. steering wheelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to rotate the upper body before the legs have agreed to follow. steeringed adj. The drunkenness of one who has surrendered direction to whatever is nearest. steerlinged adj. Of a drinker: small, unsteady, and inclined to wander into anything larger. steermanned adj. Describing a drinker who directs his course by instinct, furniture and occasional luck. steermanshipped adj. A drinker so far gone that steering has become a rank conferred upon the banister. steersmanned (/ˈstɪəz.mənd/) adj. A drinker who takes the helm with admirable seriousness and negligible control. steersmanshipped adj. The state of being drunk and assigning formal responsibility for one's balance to nearby furniture. steersmated adj. The condition of a drinker who has found a companion in the person or object bearing his weight. Leagh became steersmated with the umbrella stand and declined to separate from it. steerspersonned adj. The drunkenness of one who guides the body by pointing it vaguely and hoping it complies. Janvi was steerspersonned, gesturing towards the sofa while walking towards the kitchen. steerswomanned adj. Reduced by drink to steering herself by walls, rails and the occasional sympathetic shoulder. Neleh was steerswomanned, taking the staircase one handhold at a time. steeved (/stiːvd/) adj. Softened by drink into standing at an angle more suitable for a bowsprit than a person. Korena was steeved beside the bar, standing at an angle better suited to a bowsprit than a person.