Definitions from Wiktionary (quire)
▸ 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: (bookbinding) 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: (bookbinding) To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
▸ noun: (archaic) A choir.
▸ noun: One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.
▸ verb: (intransitive, poetic) To sing in concert.
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▸ 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: (bookbinding) 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: (bookbinding) To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
▸ noun: (archaic) A choir.
▸ noun: One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.
▸ verb: (intransitive, poetic) To sing in concert.
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