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stitchbacked adj. Loosened by drink into strong ale, and inclined to regard this as a full account of the evening. stitchbirded adj. Emboldened by drink to sing once, clearly, and from a part of the room not intended for birds. stitchcrafted adj. Slowed by drink to making one small repair at a time, without establishing the object. Lupe was stitchcrafted, mending the napkin long after supper had ended. stitched (/stɪt͡ʃd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has made one careful connection and cannot now withdraw it. stitchelled adj. Drunk and producing a coarse, misplaced strand in an otherwise orderly arrangement. stitchered adj. Drunk to the point where every difficulty invites a small, unnecessary repair. stitcheried adj. Drunk enough to make fine work of the evening, one tiny loop at a time. stitchinged (/ˈstɪt͡ʃɪŋd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one fastening from the general condition of things. stitchworked adj. Of a drinker: held together by several small acts of coordination, none of them entirely straight. stitchworted adj. Of a drinker who has spread across the room in delicate, branching movements, like chickweed through a border. stithed (/stɪθd/) adj. Describing a drinker who uses the nearest solid surface as an anvil for balance. Valeka, stithed by midnight, tested the banister with both hands before descending. stithied (/ˈstɪðid/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at balance becomes a noisy piece of metalwork. stived (/staɪvd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned every movement into a small cloud of disordered effort. stivered (/ˈstaɪvəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced all change to twenty small, poorly judged increments. stivesed adj. Reduced by drink to a collection of stews, corners and unwise private arrangements. Ranota became stivesed in the spare room, conducting a quiet negotiation with the wardrobe. stivoted adj. Softened by drink into a rapid turn that begins as a skid and ends wherever it can. Mineola went stivoted at the hallway corner and finished facing the umbrella stand.