Definitions for quirekwaɪər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quirekwaɪər(n.)
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
Category: Printing
Bookbinding. a section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering.
Category: Printing
Origin of quire:
1175–1225; ME quayer < MF quaier < VL *quaternum set of four sheets
quirekwaɪər(n.; v.t.; v.i.)quired, quir•ing.
Archaic.
Ref: choir.
Princeton's WordNet
quire(noun)
a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
Wiktionary
quire(Noun)
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.
quire(Noun)
(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.
quire
A book, poem, or pamphlet.
quire(Verb)
To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
quire(Noun)
A choir.
quire(Noun)
The architectural part of a church in which the choir resides, between the nave and the sanctuary.
quire(Verb)
To sing in concert.
Webster Dictionary
Quire(noun)
see Choir
Quire(verb)
to sing in concert
Quire(noun)
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
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