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sea ducked adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the large, watchful posture of a coastal bird near closing time. sea dutied adj. Of a drinker: convinced that the pub has assigned you a naval command requiring immediate supervision. Mazarine got sea dutied and inspected the bar taps as though responsible for the fleet's provisions. sea eagled adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking with a white tail of bedsheet attached to you. sea eared (/ˈsiː ɪə̯d/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and left the morning after listening through the wall for the tide. Kea woke sea eared, pressing one ear to the bathroom wall before breakfast. sea eelled adj. Too drunk to straighten out the morning after, or to explain why the carpet is damp. Rushil woke sea eelled, winding round the hall table on his way to the bathroom. sea egged adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake prickly, spherical and ill-disposed towards the morning after. sea elephanted adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning after enormous, sleepy and sealing every available surface. sea fairied adj. You have drunk enough to make the morning after beautiful, damp and faintly threatening. sea fanned adj. You are drunk and spreading across the morning after in several delicate, unhelpful directions. Keity woke sea fanned, limbs arranged across the bed like wet branches. sea feathered adj. Of a drinker who has become plume-like by breakfast, drifting from room to room without purpose. sea fennelled adj. Describing a drinker who wakes tasting of rock, salt and a decision made beside water. Mischell was sea fennelled, chewing toast thoughtfully and requesting something less geological. sea figged adj. A drinker who is succulent with regret by breakfast and spreading slowly into the upholstery. sea firred adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after finds them branching neatly beneath a coat. sea fished adj. The state of being drunk and washed up by morning, with no clear memory of the shoreline. Yasmean woke sea fished beside the laundry basket, smelling faintly of rain and lager. sea floored adj. The drunkenness of one who has reached the bottom of the sea, or the sitting-room carpet. Tondia was sea floored beneath the coffee table, exploring the depths for a phone. sea foxed adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning after circling the kitchen, tail first and purpose unknown.