All 3 Uses of
feud
in
Arrowsmith
- Clif asserted, and a feud was on.†
Chpt 3 *feud = a bitter, long-standing fight
- Then, to destroy him complete, the House of Assembly, which is the St. Hubert legislature, was riven by the feud of Kellett the Red Leg and George William Vertigan.†
Chpt 31
- Thanks more to her than to his own articulateness, he made living the Institute, the members, their feuds, and the drama of coursing on the trail of a discovery.†
Chpt 37feuds = bitter, long-standing fights
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.