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scabbard fished adj. Drunk and moving like a long, narrow fish that has spent the night in protective storage. scabbarded (/ˈskæb.ədd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a blade being returned carefully to its sheath. scabbardfished adj. Drunk to the point where the morning finds you long, withdrawn and better suited to deep water. scabbed (/skæbd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a dry morning crust over every conversational wound. Nay woke scabbed, briskly covering each recollection before anyone could examine it. scabbednessed adj. Drunk enough to acquire a dry outer layer over the night's errors, leaving them visible but untended. scabberied adj. Drunk past the point of crossing anyone, including yourself, and finding the morning socially uninhabitable. scabbinessed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which the morning's roughness can be concealed by a clean shirt. scabbished adj. Loosened by drink into a spreading plant, with the confidence to take root wherever the conversation permits. Jennalee became scabbished and settled among strangers as though the bar were an open meadow. scabblered adj. Drunk in a way that dresses every rough edge of the morning with unnecessary mechanical effort. Osanna became scabblered, attacking the toast and countertop as though both required resurfacing. scabblinged adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning leaves rough fragments everywhere the previous evening was reduced. Shang woke scabblinged, surrounded by crumbs, receipts and other remnants of the night. scabby sheeped adj. Drunk to a degree that makes yesterday's company seem contagious, and the morning prudently keeps its distance. scabellumed adj. A drinker so far gone that he conducts the evening from beneath the table, using one foot as percussion. Cona, thoroughly scabellumed, kept time beneath the table while announcing the next act. scabicided adj. The state of being drunk and confidently applying a lethal solution to a problem that was not there. Ajeya got scabicided and treated the harmless jumper as though it required immediate chemical intervention. scabiesed (/ˈskeɪ.bizd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who scratches at every minor irritation and blames the furniture. Tazia was scabiesed by one o’clock and accused the sofa of burrowing into her sleeve. scabiloniansed adj. A drinker who has made an undergarment of the social situation, with everyone else obliged to pretend this is respectable. Breshayla went scabiloniansed at supper, while Maveryck explained the arrangement to increasingly distant guests. scabinused adj. The drunkenness of one who appoints himself to municipal office and begins issuing instructions.