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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Quire

/kwīr/ · IPA /ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
01 n. See Choir.
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    See Choir.[Obs.] See: Choir
    “A quire of such enticing birds.” — Shak.
02 v. i. To sing in concert.
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    To sing in concert.[R.]
03 n. 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.
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    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.