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?
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature.
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.
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.
4.
A form; a shape. [Rare]
So scented the grim feature, and upturned
His nostril wide into the murky air.