quire
quire
subs.
See choir.
subs.
See choir.
QUIRE
A choir Vid:
A bundle of paper scapus (Plin. 13 12 23; containing twenty-four sheets): in quires (liber) non compactus.
A choir Vid:
A bundle of paper scapus (Plin. 13 12 23; containing twenty-four sheets): in quires (liber) non compactus.
quire:
I. v.CHOIR .
II. A certain quantity of paper, (i.) orig. made up into a book: as "the king's quhair," i. e. book, of James I. of Scotland: Fr. cahier: in this sense, cōdex, vŏlūmen, v.BOOK : VOLUME . (ii.) now 24 sheets: perh. chartae scāpus, m.: (a bundle of not more than 20 sheets of papyrus, cemented to a roller, called scapus), Plin. 13, 12, 23, fin.: or simply *chartae XXIV. folia. A book in quires (unbound): *liber nondum compactus, Ainsw.
I. v.
II. A certain quantity of paper, (i.) orig. made up into a book: as "the king's quhair," i. e. book, of James I. of Scotland: Fr. cahier: in this sense, cōdex, vŏlūmen, v.