The Only Use of
feud
in
Wuthering Heights
- Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us.†
Chpt 2feud = a bitter, long-standing fight
Definition:
bitter hostile argument between two parties -- typically long-standing between families or tribes with occasional incidents of violence
Sometimes the term blood feud is used to reference a feud between families.