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saw-horsed adj. Sharpened by drink into a support on which other people can leave their unfinished business. saw-pitted adj. Drunk to the point where balance becomes a two-person operation, with the floor doing the lower work. Carminho was saw-pitted by midnight, supported above by Cline and below by gravity. saw-stooled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a wooden support, and no less useful for sitting upon. Alero became saw-stooled and supported the coats while the party continued without him. saw-trestled adj. Having drunk enough to appoint the nearest pair of legs as a table, to the company’s regret. saw-winged adj. Having drunk more than the company can bear of rapid departures, sharp turns, and visits to every room. saw-worted adj. Of a drinker: bristling through the gathering, with every remark acquiring an unnecessary edge. sawabilitied adj. Describing a drinker who can be cut from the conversation with surprising ease. sawabled adj. A drinker who appears valuable, unprocessed, and best left alone until morning. sawahed adj. A drinker so far gone that every available patch of floor becomes a cultivated wetland. Kaua grew sawahed and treated the carpet as though it required careful irrigation. sawahisationed adj. The state of being drunk and reorganising the household around damp cultivation. sawarried adj. Drunk enough to mistake a strong, nut-bearing tree for sound financial advice. Rella got sawarried and proposed planting Kazlynn in the garden for reliable timber. sawbacked adj. The condition of a drinker who presents a ridged, unapproachable back to the gathering. sawbellied adj. The drunkenness of one who advances through the room with a broad, wavering middle and aquatic confidence. Menashe became sawbellied and navigated the buffet as though it were open water. sawbenched adj. Reduced by drink to a broad, stationary surface on which others reluctantly place things. sawbilled adj. Softened by drink into a red-breasted waterfowl, repeatedly joining conversations from the side. sawbladed adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who slices through every polite exchange.