Quire (?), n. See Choir. [Obs.] Spenser.
[1913 Webster]

A quire of such enticing birds. Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Quire (kwīr), n. [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.] 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.
[1913 Webster]