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sea-blubbered adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, buoyant and inconveniently present in every chair. sea-blue histiocytosised adj. Reduced by drink to a blue, overfilled stillness, with the morning stored visibly beneath the skin. sea-boated adj. Drunk on the strength of a vessel that exists chiefly in the imagination and pitches considerably. sea-booted adj. Drunk since last orders, and equipped to cross any wet deck except the one beneath you. sea-bottled adj. Softened by drink into a green bladder, sealed against conversation and floating wherever the room allows. sea-bowed adj. Loosened by drink into a wet arc, appearing briefly wherever the morning's light finds the face. sea-brinked adj. Emboldened by drink to remain at the edge of the sea, or any bath, long after the tide has turned. sea-buckthorned adj. Drunk and thorny in the limbs, catching on the furniture while attempting a perfectly ordinary turn. sea-bunned adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, low-speed progress of something heart-shaped crossing the sea floor. sea-calfed adj. Drunk on the strength of drink into a low, flippered-looking shuffle with limited directional control. sea-catgutted adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every loose cord for a useful length of seaweed. sea-changed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the familiar journey home appear newly mapped and faintly ceremonial. Landan was sea-changed and treated the walk to the station as an unexplored coastline. sea-chickweeded adj. Drunk by the third round, and growing unobtrusively over the route home until nobody can pass. Sayuri was sea-chickweeded by the third round, occupying the pavement in low, persistent stages. sea-coaled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you washed up, mineral, and available for collection. Nyari was sea-coaled by closing time, deposited neatly beside the promenade. sea-cowed adj. Drunk to the extent of moving placidly, heavily, and with no apparent interest in dry land. sea-crayfished adj. You have drunk enough to believe a lobster is waiting for your instructions.