Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Phrasing \Phras"ing\, n.
   1. Method of expression; association of words.

   2. (Mus.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to
      form distinct musical phrases.

Phrase \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.

Source : WordNet®

phrasing
     n 1: the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
     2: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use
        concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: {wording}, {diction},
         {phraseology}, {choice of words}, {verbiage}]