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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

feud
    n 1: a bitter quarrel between two parties
    v 1: carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for
         years"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Feud \Feud\, n. [LL. feudum, feodum prob. of same origin as E.
   fief. See Fief, Fee.] (Law)
   A stipendiary estate in land, held of a superior, by service;
   the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other
   immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the
   profits thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such
   duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the
   property of the soil always remaining in the lord or
   superior; a fief; a fee.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Feud \Feud\ (f[=u]d), n. [OE. feide, AS. f[=ae]h[eth], fr.
   f[=a]h hostile; akin to OHG. f[=e]hida, G. fehde, Sw. fejd,
   D. feide; prob. akin to E. fiend. See Foe.]
   1. A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts,
      done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and
      all his race.
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   2. A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife
      between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred;
      contention satisfied only by bloodshed.
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            Mutual feuds and battles betwixt their several
            tribes and kindreds.                  --Purchas.

   Syn: Affray; fray; broil; contest; dispute; strife.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

FEUD. This word, in Scotland, signifies a combination of kindred to revenge 
injuries or affronts done to any of their blood. Vide Fief.

Thesaurus Results for feud:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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