Fēat′ūre, n.
(fēt′yur), n. [O. Fr. faiture, fashion, make, from Lat. factura, a making, formation, from facere, factum, to make; Pr. faitura, O. Sp. & Pg. factura, N. Sp. hechura, It. fattura.]
Sense 1. The make, form, or appearance of a person; personal condition or structure; especially, good appearance.
What needeth it his feature to describe. Chaucer.
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Shak.
Sense 2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament;—often used in the plural for the face, the countenance.
It is for homely features to keep home. Milton.
Sense 3. The cast or structure of any thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity.
And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. Spenser.