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seam carvinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and removing the less important parts of the journey while preserving the pub. Polly became seam carvinged and omitted the coat, the bus and the agreed departure. seam laced adj. Drunk by closing time, and covering every awkward edge of the evening with another drink. seam pressered adj. Still drunk, and flattening every objection to walking home into a single determined line. seam setted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a useful crease from a permanent decision about where the night ends. seamaided adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a mermaid's confidence in water and a sailor's disregard for getting home dry. seamailed adj. Having drunk more than the journey home can carry, and requiring slow passage by whatever vessel is available. seaman apprenticed adj. You are drunk and learning the basic duties of returning home, under supervision and with mixed success. Nyjal was seaman apprenticed, entrusted with the coats but not the directions. seaman recruited adj. Of a drinker: newly enlisted in the evening's crew, with no experience of navigating last orders. seamancrafted adj. Of a drinker who has mastered the nautical arts of leaving late, changing course and reaching home eventually. Azalaya was seamancrafted, guiding four coats and three friends through the closing-time traffic. seamanited adj. Drunk beyond mineralogical dignity, with boron, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus in the general arrangement. Naszir was seamanited, displaying boron, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus at the bar. seamanned (/ˈsiːmənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to call every taxi a vessel and every missed turning a navigational decision. seamanshipped (/ˈsiː.mənˌʃɪpd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every chair a vessel requiring navigation, maintenance, and an unnecessarily firm hand. Deaveon was seamanshipped, navigating each chair as though maintaining a small vessel. seamared adj. Drunk, with the result that the barmaid is approached as a small marine creature requiring gentle handling. seamarked adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a prominent landmark before crossing even a familiar room. seamed (/siːmd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one more round, with the evening stitched together past its proper ending. seamed stockinged adj. Drunk on the strength of a rearward line of certainty, maintained chiefly for effect. Everick was seamed stockinged and followed the stripe in his trousers towards the exit.