Quire

Quire , noun

See Choir. [Obsolete] — Spenser

A quire of such enticing birds. — Shakespeare

Quire , intransitive verb

To sing in concert. [Rare] — Shakespeare

Quire (kwīr) , noun

[Old English quaer, quair, Old French quayer, cayer, caier, French cahier, a book of loose sheets, a quarter of a quire, Late Latin quaternus, quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together, from Latin quaterni four each, by fours, quattuor four. See Four and compare 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.