Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour &c (outline) 230; structure &c 329; plasmature†. feature, lineament, turn; phase &c (aspect) 448; posture, attitude, pose. [Science of form] morphism. [Similarity of form] isomorphism. forming &c v.; formation, figuration, efformation†; sculpture; plasmation†. V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform†, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build &c (construct) 161. Adj. formed &c v.. [Receiving form] plastic, fictile†; formative; fluid. [Giving form] plasmic†. [Similar in form] isomorphous. [taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, &c 149.