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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. sea-dayed adj. Having drunk more than sufficient to remain aboard an imaginary cruise and surrender all prospect of disembarkation. Aydren was sea-dayed, stationary at the bar and convinced the pavement was international water. sea-dogged adj. Having drunk more than any sensible mariner, and still attempting to command the mess. sea-drifted adj. You are drunk and proceeding wherever the evening's loose objects happen to carry you. sea-dutied adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself responsible for maritime affairs and several unrelated ones. sea-eagled adj. Drunk by the third round, and the morning after perched somewhere high, white-tailed and uncommunicative.