Definition of quiring Quiring
/kwajˈɹɪŋ/ - [kwayring] - quir•ing
We found 3 definitions of quiring from 2 different sources.
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What does quiring mean?
Wiktionary 
- quiring (Verb)
Present participle of quire.
Part of speech
🔤- quiring, verb, gerund of quire (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: quires |
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| quire - a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets | ||
| definite quantity a specific measure of amount | ||
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Wiktionary
- quire (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. - quire (Noun)
Bookbinding 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. - quire (Noun)
A book, poem, or pamphlet. - quire (Noun)
A choir. - quire (Noun)
The architectural part of a church in which the choir resides, between the nave and the sanctuary. - quire (Verb)
To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper. - quire (Verb)
To sing in concert.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quire (n.)
See Choir. - quire (v. i.)
To sing in concert. - quire (n.)
A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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quire
kwīr, n. a collection of paper consisting of twenty-four sheets, the twentieth part of a ream, each having a single fold.—v.t. to fold in quires. [O. Fr. quaier (Fr. cahier), prob. from Low L. quaternum, a set of four sheets,—L. quatuor, four.] -
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kwīr, n. old form of choir.—n. Quī′rister, a chorister
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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quire
Base, roguish, bad, naught or worthless. How queerly the cull touts; how roguishly the fellow looks. It also means odd, uncommon. CANT. -
quire
A complete rogue, one that has sung in different choirs or cages, i.e. gaols. CANT.
