noun & verb . undefined

noun. A set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream.

noun. A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book.

To sing in concert or chorus; chant or sing harmoniously.

To harmonize.

To fold in quires, or with marks between quires.

An obsolete form of queer.

To nest within a once-folded outer sheet (one or more sheets of paper of the same size similarly folded); impose and print (separate pages of type) so that they can be properly outsetted or insetted in consecutive order.

noun. A set of four sheets of parchment or paper folded so as to make eight leaves: the ordinary unit of construction for early manuscripts and books.

noun. A set of one of each of the sheets of a book laid in consecutive order, ready for folding.

noun. A book.

noun. Twenty-four sheets of paper; the twentieth part of a ream.

noun. A body of singers; a chorus.

noun. The part of a church allotted to the choristers; the choir.

noun. A company or assembly.

noun. See choir.

intransitive verb. To sing in concert.

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.

noun. A choir.

noun. The architectural part of a church in which the choir resides, between the nave and the sanctuary.

verb. To sing in concert.

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.

noun. 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.

noun. A book, poem, or pamphlet.

verb. To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

noun. a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets

"The rooff of the quire is very Curious, Carv'd stone and soe thinn to ye Leads one might grasp it between thumb and finger, and yet so well fixt as to be very strong."

in quires  inside quires  

definite quantity  

Gire  Gyr  Tyre  admire  afire  

ality  corder  flow'r  flower-bud  half-sheet  

choir  

quires