QUIRE
quire
(noun) a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
quire (plural quires)
One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
(bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.
A book, poem, or pamphlet.
Coordinate terms
• (quantity of paper): bale, bundle, ream
Verb
quire (third-person singular simple present quires, present participle quiring, simple past and past participle quired)
(bookbinding) To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
Etymology 2
Noun
quire (plural quires)
(archaic) A choir.
One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.
Verb
quire (third-person singular simple present quires, present participle quiring, simple past and past participle quired)
(intransitive) To sing in concert.
Source: Wiktionary
Quire, n.
Definition: See Choir. [Obs.] Spenser. A quire of such enticing birds. Shak.
Quire, v. i.
Definition: To sing in concert. [R.] Shak.
Quire, n. Etym: [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, caĂŻer, F. cahier, a book of loose sheets, a quarter of a quire, LL. quaternus, quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together, fr. L. quaterni four each, by fours, quattuor, four. See Four and cf. Cahier.]
Definition: A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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