Part 4218

<hw>Feat"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Skill; adroitness.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Feature</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fea"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>feture</ets> form, shape, feature, OF. <ets>faiture</ets> fashion, make, fr. L. <ets>factura</ets> a making, formation, fr. <ets>facere</ets>, <ets>factum</ets>, to make. See <er>Feat</er>, <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Facture</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.</def>

<blockquote>What needeth it his <b>feature</b> to descrive? <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cheated of <b>feature</b> by dissembling nature. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (<pluf>pl.</pluf>) The face, the countenance.</def>

<blockquote>It is for homely <b>features</b> to keep home. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, one of the <ex>features</ex> of the landscape</as>.</def>

<blockquote>And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their <b>feature</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A form; a shape.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>So scented the grim <b>feature</b>, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Featured</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fea"tured</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Shaped; fashioned.</def>

<blockquote>How noble, young, how rarely <b>featured</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having features; formed into features.</def>

<blockquote>The well-stained canvas or the <b>featured</b> stone. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Featureless</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fea"ture*less</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no distinct or distinctive features.</def>

<h1>Featurely</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fea"ture*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Featurely</b> warriors of Christian chivalry. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feaze</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feaze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Feazed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Feazing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>faseln</ets> to ravel, fr. AS. <ets>f\'91s</ets> fringe; akin to G. <ets>fasen</ets> to separate fibers or threads, <ets>fasen</ets>, <ets>faser</ets>, thread, filament, OHG. <ets>faso</ets>.]</ety> <def>To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Feaze</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feaze</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Feese</er>.<-- now <ets>faze</ets>-->]</ety> <def>To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>insworth.</i>