English-Thai Dictionary

quire

N กระดาษ ที่ พับ เรียง กัน  กระดาษ ที่ นำมา รวมกัน  kra-dad-ti-pab-riang-kan

 

quire

N หน่วย นับ กระดาษ  1 ยก  ประกอบด้วย กระดาษ  24 แผ่น  nuai-nab-kra-dad-1-yok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIRE

n.[L. chorus; Gr. ] 1. A body of singers; a chorus. [See Chorus and Choir. ]
2. The part of a church where the service is sung.

 

QUIRE

n. A collection of paper consisting of twenty four sheets, each having a single fold.

 

QUIRE

v.i.To sing in concert or chorus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUIRE

QUIRE Quire, n.

 

Defn: See Choir. [Obs. ] Spenser. A quire of such enticing birds. Shak.

 

QUIRE

QUIRE Quire, v. i.

 

Defn: To sing in concert. [R.] Shak.

 

QUIRE

Quire, n. Etym: [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. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quire

quire |kwīr kwaɪ (ə )r | ▶noun four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts. • any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book. • 25 (formerly 24 ) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French quaier, from Latin quaterni ‘set of four. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

quire

quire |kwʌɪə | ▶noun four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts. • any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book. • 25 (formerly 24 ) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French quaier, from Latin quaterni ‘set of four ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quire

quire /kwáɪə r /名詞 C (紙 )1帖 （じよう ） 〘24または25枚 〙.