quir

n. See Choir. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A quire of such enticing birds. 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 ]

v. i. To sing in concert. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Quirinalis, fr. Quirinus, a name of Romulus. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the hill Collis Quirinalis, now Monte Quirinale (one of the seven hills of Rome), or a modern royal place situated upon it. Also used substantively. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Quire, Chorister. ] A chorister. See Chorister. [ R. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. quiritatio, fr. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, v. freq. fr. queri to complain. ] A crying for help. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Quirites. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Cures, a Sabine town. ] (Rom. Antiq.) Roman citizens. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ After the Sabines and Romans had united themselves into one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves in a civil capacity Quirites, while in a political and military capacity they retained the name of Romani. Andrews. [ 1913 Webster ]