FE'ATURE, noun [Latin factura, a making, from facio, to make.] 1. The make, form or cast of any part of the face; any single lineament. We speak of large features or small features. We see a resemblance in the features of a parent and of a child. 2. The make or cast of the face. Report the feature of Octavia, her years. 3. The fashion; the make; the whole turn or cast of the body. 4. The make or form of any part of the surface of a thing, as of a country or landscape. 5. Lineament; outline; prominent parts; as the features of a treaty.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI