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sealing-waxed adj. Loosened by drink into breaking every seal on the correspondence, then forgetting whom it was for. sealinged (/ˈsiːlɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting to close every movement before it develops. sealioned (/ˈsiːlaɪənd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation, with the placid bulk and occasional bellow of a harbour animal. sealionered adj. Emboldened by drink to demand evidence from everyone, courteously and without end. Richanda got sealionered and requested citations for the barman's account of last orders. sealioninged adj. Slowed by drink to pursue one unanswered question through several closing notices. Azurah sealioninged the barman about one unanswered question through three successive closing notices. sealocked adj. Drunk and rising or falling between the bar and the street in stages, according to whoever opens the door. Daila was sealocked between the last round and the pavement, advancing only when the door moved. sealored adj. Drunk to the point where every route home becomes a lecture on tides, charts and coastal weather. Juanalberto got sealored and explained the harbour currents while waiting for a bus. sealoused adj. Drunk by the third round, and clinging to conversation wherever there is warmth and moisture. sealpointed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary colouring, with the face and extremities assuming separate evening plans. Koryn was sealpointed by ten, dark at the edges and quiet in the middle. sealpoxed adj. Drunk enough to acquire, from prolonged contact with the wrong person, a highly specific morning-after condition. Velsie was sealpoxed after sharing a bench with the pub's dampest storyteller. sealshipped adj. Drunk past the point of steering, and sent home as though the pavement were open water. sealskin clothed adj. Drunk in a way that makes borrowed coats seem luxurious, warm and faintly deceptive. sealskinned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sensitivity, with a polished exterior and little response to the cold journey home. Lyiah was sealskinned, polished enough for the cold walk home and apparently unaffected by it. sealwaxed adj. Drunk, with the result that every farewell becomes ceremonially fixed and difficult to reopen. sealworted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the coat stand appear a sacred object requiring careful observance. seam allowanced (/ˈsiːm əˌlaʊ.əntsd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying enough spare evening to accommodate several avoidable detours. Bly was seam allowanced and found room for another pub between the station and home.