VIGORITE
Vig"or*ite, n. Etym: [L. vigor strength.]
Defn: An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting.
VIGOROSO
Vig`o*ro"so, a. & adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Vigorous; energetic; with energy; — a direction to perform a passage with energy and force.
VIGOROUS
Vig"or*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. vigoros, F. vigoureux, LL. vigorosus.]
1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant. Famed for his valor, young, At sea successful, vigorous and strong. Waller.
2. Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war. The beginnings of confederacies have been always vigorous and successful. Davenant. — Vig"or*ous*ly, adv. — Vig"or*ous*ness, n.
VIKING
Vi"king, n. Etym: [Icel. vikingr, fr. vik a bay, inlet.]
Defn: One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who
plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth
centuries.
Of grim Vikings, and the rapture Of the sea fight, and the capture,
And the life of slavery. Longfellow.
Note: Vikings differs in meaning from sea king, with which frequently confounded. "The sea king was a man connected with a royal race, either of the small kings of the country, or of the Haarfager family, and who, by right, received the title of king as soon he took the command of men, although only of a single ship's crew, and without having any land or kingdom . . . Vikings were merely pirates, alternately peasants and pirates, deriving the name of viking from the vicks, wicks, or inlets, on the coast in which they harbored with their long ships or rowing galleys." Laing.