'Quire' definitions:
Definition of 'quire'
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noun
A quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
Definition of 'Quire'
From: GCIDE
- Quire \Quire\, n. See Choir. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- A quire of such enticing birds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quire'
From: GCIDE
- Quire \Quire\, v. i. To sing in concert. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quire'
From: GCIDE
- Quire \Quire\ (kw[imac]r), n. [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, ca["i]er, 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'quire'
From: GCIDE
- Choir \Choir\, n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. ch[oe]ur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. ?, orig. dancing place; prob. akin to ? inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus.]
- 1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) The chancel. [1913 Webster]
- Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir.
- Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles.
- Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]