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noun

Feature n.

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."

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."

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."

A form; a shape. (R.) "So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air."

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Etymology of 'Feature'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Feature" Quotes from Famous Books

... this, Parozzi?" cried Memmo as he entered, a wretch whose every feature exhibited marks of that libertinism to which his life had been dedicated; "I can scarce recover myself from my astonishment. For Heaven's sake, is this report true? Did you really hire Matteo to ...

— The Bravo of Venice - A Romance • M. G. Lewis

... The teacher must not think time is wasted. No real progress can be made, till the pupils begin to learn to see; and to learn to see they must keep trying to form the habit from the very first; and to form the habit they should make the study of specimens the main feature in the course ...

— Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf • Jane H. Newell

... Lombardy and attacking the great Austrian fortress of Mantua, the Directoire had to deal with conspiracy in Paris. Conspiracy was a striking feature of the period that followed the fall of Robespierre; in fact, for the ten years that follow it may be said that all internal politics revolve about conspiracies. One of the most {244} noteworthy was the one that came to a ...

— The French Revolution - A Short History • R. M. Johnston

... lips, came immediately underneath the nose, and chin, to all intents and purposes, there was none. This deformity—for the absence of chin amounted to that—it was which gave to the face the appearance of something not human,—that, and the eyes. For so marked a feature of the man were his eyes, that, ere long, it seemed to me that he was ...

— The Beetle - A Mystery • Richard Marsh

... they would be very quickly driven away, or compelled to have recourse to more peaceable occupations for their support Durango is a pretty little town, with white-washed, flat-roofed houses, standing on a plain surrounded by high rugged hills, a remarkable feature being the number and size of the American aloes which grow in the neighbourhood. We put up at a meson, not remarkable for its cleanliness or the luxury of its provisions, and were not sorry to find ourselves once more in ...

— A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston

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