Definitions
A set or bundle of paper sheets, often twenty-four or twenty-five.
Word origin
From Middle English quayer, from Anglo-Norman quaier and Old French quaer, from Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”). Doublet of cahier.
Used in a sentence
“Under the year 1533 we are told that the ream contained twenty quires.”
“Now, in the first folio volume of 1616, the paging, signatures, and quiring are continuous and regular throughout.”
“This is a natural point at which to ask why quiring went out of fashion.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Paper bundle”5 letters
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