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Definition of: quire
(kwīr) noun
1. The twentieth part of a ream of paper; 24 (or 25) sheets.
2. A set of all the sheets necessary to make a book; hence, a book.
—v.t. quired, quir·ing To fold or separate into quires. ♦ Homophone: choir. [<OF quaire <L quaterni by fours]
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