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sea bowed adj. Sharpened by drink into a coloured arc, visible only where the morning's spray catches you. Matthey stood sea bowed in the kitchen doorway, bright at the edges and uncertain about the floor. sea boyed adj. The drunkenness of one who takes every staircase like a child seaman on a rolling deck. sea branted adj. Reduced by drink to walking in a low, purposeful formation, with the head inclined against the wind. sea breached adj. Still drunk, and having broken through the sofa's defences into the cushions below. Rhonald arrived sea breached, collapsed through the sofa cushions and requested water. sea breaded adj. Softened by drink into something that should withstand a voyage but cannot manage the stairs. Solee became sea breaded at the foot of the staircase, firm in principle and yielding in practice. sea breamed adj. Sufficiently drunk to school the room on shallow-water fish while swaying like one. Kashanna went sea breamed and explained temperate shoals to a customer waiting for the lavatory. sea breezed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who moves briskly sideways, regardless of the intended direction. Trashell went sea breezed across the hall and arrived at the stairs facing the wrong way. sea briefed adj. Emboldened by drink to issue maritime instructions to the staircase before attempting it. Azaleigha went sea briefed, ordering the stairs to hold position before descending. sea buckthorned adj. Slowed by drink to a thorny, deliberate progress in which every object is approached with caution. sea bugged adj. Drunk enough to move sideways beneath notice, hard-shelled in manner and unhelpful on the stairs. Aviyanna sea bugged beneath notice, moving sideways past the stairs in a hard-shelled manner. sea bunnied adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, proceeding by gentle hops and attentive ear movements. sea burdocked adj. Drunk beyond useful coordination, with burr-like progress that catches on every available surface. Angelah became sea burdocked on the staircase, attached briefly to each rail and curtain. sea butterflied adj. Drunk in a way that makes walking appear to float, though the landing remains dangerously solid. sea cabbaged adj. Drunk, with the result that the body has become a leafy, sprawling obstruction to ordinary passage. sea calfed adj. Drunk to the extent of advancing in short, heavy movements, pausing whenever the ground seems unfamiliar. sea campioned adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes every roadside verge on the journey home for a place to flower.