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quire

/ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
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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.
  • 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.
  • A book, poem, or pamphlet.

verb

  • To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

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