Feature \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)