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saddle reefed adj. Having drunk enough to follow every available seam towards a modest concentration of gold. saddle ringed adj. Having drunk more than was useful and requiring attachment to something stationary. Comari was saddle ringed and kept one hand on the banister. saddle roofed adj. You have drunk enough to present a gable at either end and little else besides. Grandison was saddle roofed and stood squarely beneath the porch. saddle seated adj. You are drunk and sitting with the slight concavity of furniture made for endurance. saddle shoed (/ˈsædl̩ ʃuːd/) adj. Of a drinker: dressed as though two colours might improve an uncertain passage home. Buryl was saddle shoed and compared his feet before crossing the road. saddle soaped adj. Of a drinker who has softened considerably and is no longer suitable for rough handling. Trenee was saddle soaped by ten and folded carefully into the armchair. saddle sored adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a small, persistent grievance about sitting down. Murice was saddle sored and stood through the remainder of the film. saddle staplered adj. A drinker who aligns every account along a central fold before fastening it permanently. saddle stitched adj. Drunk, with the result that your balance folds across itself and is fastened there. saddle tanked adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the evening's remaining water above the boiler of your judgement. Dechen was saddle tanked, keeping a glass of water balanced on the journey home. saddle tramped adj. Drunk to a degree that you wander from room to room as though mounted, without finding the exit. saddle treed adj. Drunk since last orders, and rigid at the centre while the rest of you attempts to move independently. saddle veined adj. Still drunk, and rising to a narrow crest before descending unpredictably on either side. saddle-backed bush cricketed adj. Too drunk to coordinate your legs, yet still attempting the small, deliberate movements of an insect. Phalon was saddle-backed bush cricketed, making careful sideways progress along the skirting board. saddle-bagged adj. A drinker who stores every loose object about the person and then forgets where it belongs. saddle-billed storked adj. Sufficiently drunk to speak at length with a bill-like obstruction between every two syllables. Pantera grew saddle-billed storked, delivering each sentence in measured, widely separated pieces.