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quire

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A book, poem, or pamphlet.
  4. verb To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
  5. noun Uncommon form of choir (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”).
  6. noun Archaic spelling of choir (“group of people who sing together”).
  7. verb Poetic spelling of choir (“to sing in concert”).

Similar words

printer's ream bundle reamful roll ream bale royal quarto piece of paper sheetage

Often followed by

of a the and is was in that to

Word family

choir quires

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