Form, order and arrangement (of words, etc.); course, order (of a story). Obsolete.

Style of expressing the thoughts and ideas in literary or musical composition, including the arrangement and order of the different parts of the…

The order and arrangement in a particular discourse or literary composition; an author's design or plan. Obsolete.

spec. With reference to literary works or to the (linguistic) construction of sentences.

The form into which any work is thrown.

Artistic manner, style. The arrangement of the parts of a literary work. rare. (Cf. sense 8.)