Quire

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Noun

1. 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.

   Quotations

   • 1882: Under the year 1533 we are told that the ream contained twenty quires. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 592.

2. (bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together. This is most often a single signature, but may be several nested signatures.
3. ((archaic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) A choir.

   c.1590: Madam, myself have limed a bush for her,
   And placed a quire of such enticing birds, — Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2, I.iii [1]

Verb (intransitive)

1. To sing in concert.