Quire
Word | QUIRE |
Character | 5 |
Hyphenation | quire |
Pronunciations | /ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Quire"
What do we mean by quire?
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. 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
To sing in concert or chorus; chant or sing harmoniously.
To harmonize.
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
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.
To fold in quires, or with marks between quires.
An obsolete form of queer.
See choir. noun
To sing in concert. intransitive verb
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. 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.
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.
A book, poem, or pamphlet.
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