quire

• n. 一刀；一叠对折的手稿
• n. (Quire)人名；(英)夸尔

来自古法语quaier,来自拉丁语quater,四位，词源同four,quarter.用于指对折的四张纸，通常 为16 页，有些地方也指24 页。

quire

quire: see quarter

quire (n.1)

c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier, Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times." Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "unbound."

quire (n.2)

early form and later variant spelling of choir (q.v.).