American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the
same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream. - n. A collection
of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in
a manuscript or book. - n. Archaic Variant of choir. Century
Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. A body of singers; a chorus. - n.
The part of a church allotted to the choristers; the choir. - n.
A company or assembly. - To sing in concert or chorus; chant or
sing harmoniously. - To harmonize. - n. A set of four sheets of
parchment or paper folded so as to make eight leaves: the
ordinary unit of construction for early manuscripts and books. -
n. A set of one of each of the sheets of a book laid in
consecutive order, ready for folding. - n. A book. - n. Twenty-
four sheets of paper; the twentieth part of a ream. - To fold in
quires, or with marks between quires. - An obsolete form of
queer. - To nest within a once-folded outer sheet (one or more
sheets of paper of t