Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Quire
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.
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.