Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Feature

Feature (?; 135) , noun

[Old English feture form, shape, feature, Old French faiture fashion, make, from Latin factura a making, formation, from facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and compare 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. — Shakespeare
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. [Rare]
So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. — Milton