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sea canaried adj. Sharpened by drink into a pale, ringing commentator on every noise along the route home. Tarandeep grew sea canaried after the second round and sang at passing traffic. sea canned adj. Reduced by drink to a sealed, rectangular passenger awaiting shipment with the other coats. Lakieshia sat sea canned beside the cloakroom, packed tightly enough for someone to collect her. sea capped adj. Loosened by drink into someone whose headwear, opinions and route home are all liable to come off. sea captained adj. Emboldened by drink to command the taxi, the pavement and anyone carrying coats. sea carded adj. Too drunk to navigate the room without treating the compass on the table as essential equipment. sea carnationed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a flower bed being inspected on the walk home. sea caterpillared adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home proceeds in a slow, jointed retreat beneath its own coat. sea catted adj. Drunk and reaching for several door handles at once, with no settled plan for leaving. Darshanna was sea catted by closing time, opening every taxi door except the right one. sea cauliflowered adj. Drunk enough to become a branching mass at the cloakroom, touching several conversations without joining one. Tionah turned sea cauliflowered and occupied the coat stand like an expanding arrangement. sea centipeded adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, proceeding by numerous small and independently negotiated steps. Nanine went sea centipeded between the bar and the exit, each foot choosing its own route. sea changed (/ˈsiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising the person who entered the pub, or the route that person intended home. sea chantied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every movement rhythmic, repetitive, and faintly nautical. sea charted adj. Drunk, with the result that every street, shortcut and puddle receives a confident navigational account. sea chervilled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a delicate, branching presence clinging to the last table. Adina was sea chervilled after the final round, attached to the table despite repeated farewells. sea chested adj. Drunk to the extent of storing personal property in a box, preferably one belonging to somebody else. Siahna went sea chested and put her handbag inside the landlord's unused drinks crate. sea chestnutted adj. Drunk on the strength of a round, prickly about assistance and difficult to roll towards the taxi.