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quire::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | definite quantity |
Examples of quire
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At the eastern end of the quire is a medieval wall painting of the wheel of life.
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Tacking is when the scribe would hold together the leaves in quire with thread.
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We, on the other hand, have jobs they can do, and we are quire happy to hire them.
From the economist.com
It's quire remarkable that few question where all this parts are coming from.
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Once the scribe has it the way that he wants, the next stage was tacking the quire.
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Then the first quire could be assembled with its pages in the correct order.
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This last meaning is preserved in the modern Italian meaning of quire, quinterno di carta.
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Anthony Salvin, took charge of the extensive restoration of the quire.
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He did so, with sermons by the quire and reams of controversy, all recorded by an army of scribes.
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- A quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
- Architecturally, the choir (Anglican alt. spelling quire) is the area of a church or cathedral, usually in the western part of the chancel between the nave and the sanctuary (which houses the altar). The choir is occasionally located in the eastern part of the nave. ...
- 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). ...
- (QUIRED) A ream of paper in which the sheets are folded in half, rather than flat.
- (Quires) Gatherings of groups of pages into sections, which are then sewn together on one side to form a book.
- Quires are "gatherings" of bifolia (pieces of paper folded in half to produce two leaves). Usually 4 or 5 bifolia were stacked together to form one quire. ...
- 1/20th of a ream (25 sheets).
- A bundle of rectangular parchment sheets, folded and stitched to form a section of a book prior to binding; also called a gathering
- Gathering or "booklet" of which a book is formed. Quire numeration, which began in the Late Antique period, consists of numbers written on a quire (usually on its final verso) to facilitate arrangement during binding.
