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sea-magpied adj. Drunk and collecting bright, unnecessary objects while claiming they are essential evidence. sea-maided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the taxi queue as a shore and the coat-room attendant as a rescuer. Markiah got sea-maided and waved from the taxi queue as though returning from deep water. sea-monstered adj. Drunk enough to mistake the crossing of a crowded room for a campaign against hostile shipping. sea-myrtled adj. Drunk enough to treat a modest bush as a person of established authority. sea-oxed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary mobility, with the quiet confidence of a very large animal at rest. sea-padded adj. Drunk in a way that makes every surface seem soft, broad, and suitable for remaining on. sea-parroted adj. A drinker who has settled on the sofa, brightly repeating one story while guarding a glass of water. sea-perted adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen fish is addressed as a distinguished guest. Sequan got sea-perted and raised a glass to the frozen fish in the drawer. sea-pheasanted adj. Of a drinker: all neck and tail, with the party obliged to follow wherever the explanation wanders. Honey-belle became sea-pheasanted and led Prayan through three versions of the taxi story. sea-pieced adj. You are drunk and arranging the morning's blurred memories into a picture of open water. Rifa was sea-pieced, pointing out imaginary headlands from the kitchen window. sea-pied adj. A drinker so far gone that every explanation arrives in layers, and the company must consume them in order. sea-piked adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow, pointed presence, through which the remaining companions must steer carefully. sea-pincushioned adj. The state of being drunk and spread across the sofa with limbs pointing in every direction. Amarely became sea-pincushioned beneath two cushions and declined the offered blanket. sea-planted adj. The condition of a drinker who has rooted beside the sink and requires watering with a glass of water. Eoghan was sea-planted beside the kitchen tap, accepting water at regular intervals. sea-poachered adj. The drunkenness of one who has raided the kitchen quietly, then denied all knowledge of the missing cheese. sea-poosed adj. A drinker who moves with a strong outward pull and little regard for where others are standing.