Definitions

1. noun

A collection of printed or written pages bound together, especially a group of four or eight pages folded together.

“The old manuscript was a large quire of yellowed parchment.”

2. verb

To gather or collect something in a quire.

“The librarian quired the loose pages and put them in order.”

3. verb

To decorate or ornament with a quire of flowers or other objects.

“The artist quired the portrait with delicate flowers.”