n. See Choir. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
A quire of such enticing birds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To sing in concert. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, caïer, F. cahier, a book of loose sheets, a quarter of a quire, LL. quaternus, quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together, fr. L. quaterni four each, by fours, quattuor four. See Four and cf. Cahier. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]