Fea"ture (?; 135), n. [OE.
feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make,
fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere,
factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf.
Facture.] 1. The make, form, or outward
appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp.,
good appearance.
What needeth it his feature to
descrive?
Chaucer.
Cheated of feature by dissembling
nature.
Shak.
2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human
face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament.
(pl.) The face, the countenance.
It is for homely features to keep
home.
Milton.
3. The cast or structure of anything, or of
any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an
essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the
features of the landscape.
And to her service bind each living creature
Through secret understanding of their feature.
Spenser.
4. A form; a shape. [R.]
So scented the grim feature, and upturned
His nostril wide into the murky air.
Milton.