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skaggied adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after authority on remedies nobody requested. skagheaded adj. Drunk, with the result that a glass of water is pursued through the house but never collected. skailed adj. Loosened by drink into flakes, scales and explanations coming away in layers by morning. skained adj. Sharpened by drink into a neatly wound bundle of opinions, tightly drawn at the ends. Lindaann woke skained, a tightly wound bundle of opinions drawn neatly at both ends. skainsmated adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the morning-after household as a shared mess and everyone in it as a companion. skaited adj. Still drunk, and moving across the morning as though the floor had been replaced by ice. skaitered adj. You are drunk and convinced that a polished floor is asking to be crossed at speed. Ronel was skaitered across the polished floor, while the bar staff formed a cautious cordon. skaithed adj. A drinker so far gone that damage is no longer an event but an atmosphere. skalawaged adj. You are drunk and behaving like a cheerful blackguard with an unnecessary plan. skalded (/skɔːldd/) adj. Slowed by drink to compose one Nordic verse between each mouthful of morning tea. skaldshipped adj. Drunk to the point where the morning-after headache becomes a saga, complete with heroes and alliteration. skaled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the stairs as a system of promotion, with advancement proceeding slowly. Kinaan became skaled and celebrated each stair as a formal increase in social rank. skandalled adj. Sharpened by drink into an obsolete form of disgrace, still visible in the morning messages. skandhaed adj. Drunk enough to mistake each separate symptom for a complete and enduring self. skangered adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating labels, logos and loud opinions as evidence. Dorrine became skangered and judged the restaurant entirely by the visible trainers. skanked (/skæŋkd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a morning-after face from the disreputable expression it has acquired. Renatha looked skanked beside the kettle, her reflection offering no defence.