English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�(r)|-aɪ�(r)
Etymology 1
Anglo-French quier, from Old French quaier, from the unattested Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni, from quater
Noun
quire
- 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.
- (bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together. This is most often a single signature, but may be several nested signatures.
Quotations
;paper
1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 592.
1929, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:A Room of One's Own|A Room of One's Own, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 71
;choir
Etymology 2
Older spelling of choir
Noun
quire
- archaic A choir.
Quotations
c.1590, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, w:Henry VI, part 2|Henry VI, part 2, I.iii 1
Verb
quire
- rfv-sense italbrac|intransitive to sing in concert.
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