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quire

1  [kwahyuhr]
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–noun
1. a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
2. Bookbinding. a section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME quayer < MF quaier < VL *quaternum set of four sheets, deriv. of L quarternī four each
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quire

2  [kwahyuhr]
–noun, verb (used without object), verb (used with object), quired, quir⋅ing.
Archaic. choir.
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quire 1   (kwīr)   
n.  

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

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


[Middle English quayer, four double sheets of paper, from Old French quaer, from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaternī, set of four, four each, from quater, four times; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
quire 2   (kwīr)   
n.   & v. Archaic
Variant of choir.
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