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Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] "Strange defeatures in my face." Shak.

Changed in features; deformed. [R.] Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described. De Quincey.

The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden.

he figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.

Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton.

e in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.

An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton. The endearing elegance of female…

A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon. -- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.

instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.

To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. We hug deformities if they bear our names. Glanvill.

A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.

Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking. Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3. -- Ill`-fa"vored*ly, adv. -- Ill`-fa"vored*ness, n.

d with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton.

Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [Obs.] Spenser. Informed stars. See under Unformed.

nly black or colored), used in writing or printing. Make there a prick with ink. Chaucer. Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. Spenser.

ollowed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anæsthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of…

Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.