quire
1a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
Bookbinding. a section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering.
Origin of quire
1Other definitions for quire (2 of 2)
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How to use quire in a sentence
But it re-quired years, and sometimes centuries, to get him fully established among the Gods.
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors | Kersey GravesBooks may be quired in printing, that is, several sheets may be put together, like the sheets in a quire of paper.
A-my had her bi-cy-cle with her, and went off on it to see Grand-ma's neigh-bors and do any lit-tle er-rands that were re-quired.
Pages for Laughing Eyes | UnknownWhen the sheets of a pamphlet are folded and set into each other in one section, they are quired.
Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries | John Cotton Dana
British Dictionary definitions for quire (1 of 2)
/ (kwaɪə) /
a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper; a twentieth of a ream
four sheets of paper folded once to form a section of 16 pages
a section or gathering
a set of all the sheets in a book
Origin of quire
1British Dictionary definitions for quire (2 of 2)
/ (kwaɪə) /
an obsolete spelling of choir
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