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seabased adj. Sharpened by drink into a floating headquarters, supplying the whole bar while insisting on another round. seabassed adj. Loosened by drink into a fishlike person, particularly where compound arrangements are concerned. seabated adj. Emboldened by drink to sit flat, stare upward and challenge anyone who approaches the table. seabeached adj. Slowed by drink to a shoreward crawl, requiring several minutes to cross even a modest public bar. seabearded adj. Drunk and spreading in dense, green-looking tufts across the table, the glass and anyone nearby. Karli grew seabearded over the crisps, with stray conversation attaching itself to every surface. seabeded adj. Drunk enough to settle on the floor and regard the rest of the pub as passing overhead. Terryana became seabeded beside the settle, watching shoes move past like a slow current. seaberried adj. Drunk past the point of resisting astringency, and making a brave meal of whatever garnish is available. seabirded (/ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)dd/) adj. Drunk in a way that keeps the eyes on the horizon and the conversation permanently airborne. seabirdinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every passing gull receives a patient identification and a brief field note. Monse went seabirdinged and halted outside the pub to distinguish gulls by their flight pattern. seablited adj. Sufficiently drunk to establish a small salt marsh wherever the journey pauses. seaboarded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you pressed against the edge of the room, facing outward. seaboated adj. Drunk to the point where every route home appears to require a small vessel and favourable weather. seabooted adj. Drunk by the third round, and walking as though every floorboard has turned treacherous with rain. seaborded adj. Sharpened by drink into dividing the company into those fit for shore and those fit for sea. Evangelene became seaborded and sent half the party home before ordering another round. seaborgated adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically inclined to combine with whatever remains in the glass. Malvine went seaborgated and mixed stout, lemonade and the landlord's abandoned tonic. seaborgiumed (/siːˈbɔːɹɡiəmd/) adj. Still drunk, and radiating a heavy, unstable presence best handled from a respectful distance. Shatira remained seaborgiumed after breakfast, giving off the quiet instability of an unwise night.