Quire (kwīr), n. [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer,
cayer, caïer, F.
cahier, a book of loose
sheets, a quarter of a quire, LL.
quaternus, quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together, fr. L. quaterni
four each, by fours, quattuor four. See Four, and cf. Cahier.]
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.
Quire , v. i. To sing in concert. [R.]
Shak.
Quire (kwīr), n. See Choir. [Obs.]
Spenser.
A quire of such enticing birds.
Shak.
Hear it pronounced