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satin de chined adj. Softened by drink into a smooth, napless surface on which no useful decision will take hold. satin de lained adj. Sharpened by drink into a thin glossy insistence, woolly in substance but pointed in delivery. Manasvi was satin de lained and delivered a narrow, gleaming objection to the seating plan. satin flycatchered adj. Still drunk, and making quick, bright sallies before settling heavily into the morning. Galiyah was satin flycatchered, darting between the kettle and the sink at breakfast. satin glassed adj. Too drunk to see the morning clearly, with every face and window reduced to a private haze. Renette arrived satin glassed, recognising the café only by its blurred lettering. satin jeaned adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake smooth and glossy, but uncomfortably hard to fold back into the day. satin papered adj. Having drunk enough to write a careful message in the morning, then lose its surface to a spreading stain. satin sheetinged adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably cover, and presenting a smooth surface over considerable fatigue. satin sparred adj. You have drunk enough to become fibrous, pearly and difficult to move before noon. satin stitched adj. You are drunk and repeating the same bright movement until both sides of the morning look alike. satin stoned adj. Of a drinker: pale, fibrous and quietly immovable when the first light arrives. Tila was satin stoned on the spare bed, gleaming faintly beneath the duvet. satin weaved adj. Of a drinker who has woven through the night, leaving the morning smooth-faced but badly aligned. satinashed adj. Describing a drinker who wakes branchy and glossy, putting out fresh growth despite the evening. Fentress was satinashed, spreading towards the sunlight with a mug of water. satinbirded adj. A drinker who remains brightly active at breakfast, despite having no sensible reason to be. Dagon stayed satinbirded through the washing-up, alert to every crumb and completely unhelpful. satinet loomed adj. The state of being drunk and prepared for the morning's heavy goods, though not its finer work. Meilin was satinet loomed, built for carrying laundry but not for reading the instructions. satineted adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning presents a convincing imitation of composure. satinettaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has achieved a plausible surface while retaining the morning's cheap imitation underneath. Rontasia looked satinettaed, glossy at first glance and unmistakably artificial by daylight.