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Definition of quire noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quire

noun
 
/ˈkwaɪə(r)/
 
/ˈkwaɪər/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. four sheets of paper folded to make eight leaves (= 16 pages)
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French quaier, from Latin quaterni ‘set of four’.
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