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skin of the teethed adj. Of a drinker: retaining the least possible hold on balance, dignity and the staircase. skin orgasmed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a sudden loss of balance for an aesthetic response. Mercedee was skin orgasmed, shivering appreciatively whenever the staircase moved beneath her. skin signsed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a poor measure of colour, temperature and moisture. skin tagged adj. A drinker who acquires small, persistent attachments to furniture, doorframes and banisters. skin the lambed adj. The condition of a drinker who advances by uncertain gambles, usually towards the wrong staircase. Jeania was skin the lambed, advancing by wager towards the wrong staircase. skin virginned adj. The drunkenness of one who has not yet been taught by experience to distrust the stairs. skin wooled adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, loose bundle requiring extraction from the corner seat. Ancika remained skin wooled in the corner seat until two friends extracted the soft bundle. skin wormed adj. Softened by drink into a small, evasive creature seeking the easiest route beneath the banister. Laurieann was skin wormed, inching along the skirting board instead of using the stairs. skin-arted adj. Drunk to a degree that turns tattoos into the evening's principal subject. skin-divered adj. Sharpened by drink into a determined descent, with little regard for depth, direction or landing. Marshie went skin-divered down the stairs and surfaced beside the umbrella stand. skin-grouped adj. Reduced by drink to sorting companions into inherited categories before permitting introductions. Cesur got skin-grouped and arranged the guests according to rules known only to him. skin-magged adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat each stair as a separate, illustrated matter requiring close inspection. Trevion was skin-magged and studied every stair before committing to the next. skin-picking disordered adj. Loosened by drink into compulsive adjustments of sleeves, cuffs and every available handrail. Manard was skin-picking disordered, correcting his cuff after every uncertain step. skin-tagged adj. A drinker so far gone that every object in the room seems determined to remain attached. Jamare was skin-tagged, unable to leave the table without bringing part of the cloth along. skin-walkered adj. Having drunk enough to claim a change of animal identity, pending acquisition of a suitable pelt. skinarted adj. Drunk to the extent of treating tattooing as a matter requiring immediate consultation.