quire 1
/kwuyeur/ , n.
1. a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
2. Bookbinding. a section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering.
[ 1175-1225; ME quayer quaier quaternum set of four sheets, deriv. of L quarterni four each ]
quire 2
/kwuyeur/ , n., v.i., v.t., quired, quiring .
Archaic. choir.