: a small religious house dependent on a monastery or convent. : a one-room dwelling occupied by a solitary person (as a hermit) : a single room (as in a convent or prison) usually for one person.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The Hatefield-McCoy feud began with the murder of Asa Harmon McCoy on January 7, 1865. Jim Vance, the uncle of Devil Anse Hatfield, despised Harmon because he had joined the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations. a bitter quarrel or contention: a feud between labor and management. to engage in a feud.