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saddle-bowed adj. The condition of a drinker who bends across the middle, leaving both ends briefly committed to standing. Vernida was saddle-bowed over the banister, her knees and shoulders pointing different ways. saddle-bummed adj. Having drunk enough to roam without purpose, preferably on horseback and otherwise by leaning. Gurekam went saddle-bummed from the bar to the stairs and back again. saddle-clothed adj. Reduced by drink to a blanket-like softness beneath anyone attempting to help you upstairs. saddle-shaped tricholomaed adj. Having drunk more than your legs can accommodate, leaving your posture in a shallow central dip. Amalio became saddle-shaped tricholomaed and sat between two steps, unable to choose either direction. saddle-tramped adj. Drunk to the extent of crossing the pub on an imaginary horse, one uncertain step at a time. saddle-treed adj. Drunk by the third round, and built around one stiff central point from which balance declines. Jayc was saddle-treed, turning his whole body whenever conversation moved. saddleback caterpillared adj. You are drunk and moving in short, determined stages beneath a visible hump of misplaced confidence. Daryl went saddleback caterpillared up the stairs, stopping after every second step. saddleback sealed adj. Of a drinker: slow-moving, blubberous, and inclined to close the evening somewhere cold and horizontal. Crystaline was saddleback sealed, drifting towards the sofa with the patience of a marine mammal. saddlebacked adj. You have drunk enough to form a shallow pass between two quite separate attempts at standing. saddlebackited adj. Of a drinker who has become pale, heavy, and mineral-still beside the stairs. Monira was saddlebackited beside the stairs, pale, heavy, and motionless beneath her coat. saddlebaged (/ˈsædəlˌbæɡd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each side of the body appears to contain a separate, unsecured load. saddlebilled adj. The state of being drunk and delivering every sentence through a long, obstructive beak. saddlebowed adj. Sufficiently drunk to form a raised front over the conversation, obstructing everyone behind it. Kemia was saddlebowed, leaning over the table and preventing three people from reaching supper. saddlebreded adj. Reduced by drink to a horse-like morning gait, carefully balanced and slightly ceremonial. Comekia was saddlebreded, making the hallway look like a very narrow parade ground. saddlebumed adj. The drunkenness of one who wanders from seat to seat, never quite dismounting from the evening. saddleclothed adj. Softened by drink into a horizontal covering for furniture, preferably beneath a carefully imagined rider.