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quire1 n 1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper; a twentieth of a ream 2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a. four sheets of paper folded once to form a section of 16 pages b. a section or gathering 3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a set of all the sheets in a book [C15 quayer, from Old French quaier, from Latin quaternī four at a time, from quater four times] quire2 n an obsolete spelling of choir Quire any collection or gathering of leaves in a book or manuscript; a collection of 24 or 25 sheets of paper. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Acquirable acquire acquirement acquirer acquiring band banding carnet Casse Paper choir definite quantity enquire enquiring esquire inquire inquirer inquiring inquiringly Post | I understand it, that the song be in quire, placed aloft, and accompanied with some broken music; and the ditty fitted to the device. So Little John clambered awkwardly into the quire, his short gown fluttering gaily; and he called the banns for the marriage of the maid and Allan-a-Dale once, twice, and thrice. For tradition seems correct in naming this monarch as the author of a pretty poem, 'The King's Quair' ('The King's Quire,' that is Book), which relates in a medieval dream allegory of fourteen hundred lines how the captive author sees and falls in love with a lady whom in the end Fortune promises to bestow upon him. |
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