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noun
One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, bookbinding, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
A book, poem, or pamphlet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Uncommon form of choir (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, uncommon
Topics: architecture
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noun
Archaic spelling of choir (“group of people who sing together”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
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verb
To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, bookbinding, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle
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verb
Poetic spelling of choir (“to sing in concert”).
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noun
a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: definite quantity
History
From Middle English quayer, from Anglo-Norman quaier and Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”). Doublet of cahier.
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Doublet of choir, chorus, and hora.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
