VIKINGS
\vˈa͡ɪkɪŋz], \vˈaɪkɪŋz], \v_ˈaɪ_k_ɪ_ŋ_z]\
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The Norse name of those piratical leaders whose ravages on the British coasts began in the ninth century; sea-kings were properly those connected with a royal race, or the small kings of the country.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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flame-bearer
- One who bears flame or light; name given to members a genus humming birds, from their being furnished with tuft flery crimson-colored feathers round neck like gorget. little flame-bearer inhabits inner side extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of sea. It measures only 1/2 inches length. There are various other species, all tropical American.