Quire vs. Ream
Quirenoun
One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
Reamnoun
Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
Quirenoun
(bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.
Reamnoun
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
Quirenoun
A book, poem, or pamphlet.
Reamnoun
An abstract large amount of something.
‘I can't go – I still have reams of work left.’;
Quirenoun
(archaic) A choir.
Reamverb
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
Quirenoun
One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.
Reamverb
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
Quireverb
(bookbinding) To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
Reamverb
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
Quireverb
(intransitive) To sing in concert.
Reamverb
To remove (material) by reaming.
Quirenoun
See Choir.
‘A quire of such enticing birds.’;
Reamverb
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
Quirenoun
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.
Reamverb
(slang) To yell at or berate.
Quireverb
To sing in concert.
Reamverb
To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
Quirenoun
a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
Reamnoun
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
Quirenoun
four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts.
Reamnoun
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
Quirenoun
any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book
‘the scribe numbered the quires of his manuscript as well as the leaves’;
Reamverb
To cream; to mantle.
‘A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret.’;
Quirenoun
25 (formerly 24) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream
‘the package contained two quires of tracing paper’;
Reamverb
To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
Reamverb
To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
Reamnoun
a large quantity of written matter;
‘he wrote reams and reams’;
Reamnoun
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
Reamverb
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer;
‘ream oranges’;
Reamverb
remove by making a hole with a reamer;
‘ream paper’;
Reamverb
enlarge with a reamer;
‘ream a hole’;
