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Webster 1913 Edition


Quire

Quire

,
Noun.
See
Choir
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
A
quire
of such enticing birds.
Shakespeare

Quire

,
Verb.
I.
To sing in concert.
[R.]
Shak.

Quire

(kwīr)
,
Noun.
[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
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quire

QUIRE

,
Noun.
[L. chorus; Gr.]
1.
A body of singers; a chorus. [See Chorus and Choir.]
2.
The part of a church where the service is sung.

QUIRE

,
Noun.
A collection of paper consisting of twenty four sheets, each having a single fold.

QUIRE

,
Verb.
I.
To sing in concert or chorus.