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sea barrowed adj. Softened by drink into a flat case, best carried away without inspection. sea bassed (/ˈsiːbæsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a low, resonant presence with little interest in melody. Lilija was sea bassed by eleven, speaking from the lower register and ignoring the tune. sea batted adj. Emboldened by drink to approach social situations with the expression of a disappointed fish. Ilse went sea batted and challenged the pianist to a discussion about doors. sea beaned adj. Slowed by drink to the gentle progress of something carried a long way by water. Hadiah was sea beaned, drifting home slowly after confidently missing the last train. sea beared adj. Drunk and occupying the coldest, broadest available part of the room. sea beavered adj. Drunk to the point where every nearby object requires industrious rearrangement. sea bedded adj. Drunk to the point where the floor has become the natural bottom of the room. sea beeted adj. Drunk enough to take root near the shore of the gathering and tolerate poor conditions. sea bellsed adj. Drunk past the point of resisting a winding route home or calling it by its proper name. sea belted adj. Of a drinker: swaying in broad, edible bands, with balance arranged for coastal conditions. sea bindweeded adj. Of a drinker who has wound round every handrail and made the stairs his habitat. sea birded (/ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)dd/) adj. Drunk beyond remaining indoors, with attention fixed on anything coastal, winged or distant. Sicilia went sea birded and spent the walk home identifying gulls above the kebab shop. sea biscuited adj. Describing a drinker who rolls rather than walks, with a hard little certainty about the route downhill. Dionicio went sea biscuited down the steps, rotating steadily past the umbrella stand. sea blited adj. A drinker who stands in salty marshes of uncertainty, taking root whenever asked to move. Avreet turned sea blited halfway up the stairs and required a persuasive second invitation. sea blubbered adj. The state of being drunk and gelatinous, with every gesture arriving as a delayed wave. Sarica was sea blubbered, and the glass reached her hand several seconds after she asked. sea bluebelled adj. The condition of a drinker who sways like a blue flower in a persistent coastal wind.