QUIRING

Proper noun

Quiring (plural Quirings)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Quiring is the 23899th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1056 individuals. Quiring is most common among White (93.84%) individuals.

Verb

quiring

present participle of quire

Source: Wiktionary


QUIRE

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, caïer, 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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