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| quire [ kwīr ] (plural quires) |
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1. paper measure: a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality, equaling one twentieth of a ream
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2. paper folded for binding: a bundle of sheets of paper folded together for binding into a book, especially a four-sheet bundle, folded once to make eight leaves or sixteen pages
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| [15th century. < Old French qua(i)er "copybook," literally "set of four (sheets)" < Latin quaterni (see quaternary)] |
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