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sailing dinghied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small craft, especially when negotiating the narrow passage to the sofa. sailing shipped adj. Having drunk enough to roll with every gust, yet insist the bar is making way. sailing vesselled adj. Having drunk more than the harbour can reasonably accommodate, and still looking for another berth. Tomiah sailing vesselled between parked cars, still seeking a berth after last orders. sailing yachted adj. You have drunk enough to treat the quietest corner of the lounge as an exclusive cruising ground. Keeshawn sat sailing yachted, accepting crisps from the barmaid as though they were deck service. sailing-iced adj. You are drunk and navigating the crowded bar through slow-moving floes of furniture and customers. sailing-mastered adj. Of a drinker: entrusted with the evening’s course, despite repeatedly steering towards the wrong round. sailinged (/ˈseɪ.lɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into slow motion across the sitting room, carried chiefly by cushions and domestic wind. sailmakered adj. Of a drinker who has taken the evening apart and is now repairing conversation by hand. Jaslen got sailmakered and spent twenty minutes mending an argument with beer mats. sailmakinged adj. Describing a drinker who keeps patching the night with scraps of confidence and bar-room material. sailor dived adj. The drunkenness of one who launches headfirst into the evening with arms neatly kept to the sides. sailor fukued adj. Reduced by drink to a pleated, school-uniform sort of solemnity, with the waistband increasingly theoretical. sailor hatted adj. Softened by drink into a broad-brimmed presence, shading the bar from matters of consequence. Male sat sailor hatted beneath the lampshade, offering solemn advice about the weather. sailor planted adj. Sharpened by drink into a spreading, persistent presence that takes root wherever there is a spare seat. Kirollos grew sailor planted beside the radiator and refused all suggestions of movement. sailor skirted (/ˈseɪ.lər skɜːrtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a swaying, pleated silhouette that parts around tables without quite clearing them. sailor suited adj. Emboldened by drink to present ordinary pub business as disciplined service aboard a ship. sailor's eyeballed adj. Slowed by drink to a round, glassy stillness, watching the room without apparent urgency.