A composition consists first of sentences, or periods; these are
subdivided into sections, and these into phrases.
Phrase book, a book of idiomatic phrases. J. S. Blackie.
Phrase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phrased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Phrasing.]
[Cf. F. phraser.] To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call;
to style. "These suns -- for so they phrase 'em." Shak.