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Pronunciation : Quire
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Choir. [Obs.] Spenser. A quire of such enticing birds. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Quire
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To sing in concert. [R.] Shak.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Quire
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, ca?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.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913