But the best thing about the quireis the wooden stall-work, of early decorated, very beautiful.
It ought to be printed on paper sufficiently wide to allow of a flap or turn-over, so that the leaf can be placed in the quire and properly sewn.
When the scribe had arranged his quire or gathering he wrote first page by page on all the leaves on the left hand until he came to the middle of the quire, when he proceeded to write page by page on all the leaves on the right hand.
A scribe would take his quire of paper or vellum, and if he were a high-class scribe, mindful of the need of keeping his text clean, he would leave his first leaf blank and begin at the top of his second.
Codex Alexandrinus the first page of a quireis the hair-side.
Two curtains worked with golden blazonries divided the quire from the congregation.
Through the sweet vales a Quire of Damsels sing Eternall Pæans to their King.
Mr. Hamblin confiscated a halfquire of the paper, and secured several French exercises written by Captain Kendall, to be used as evidence against him.
He picked up a quire of it, and a smile of vindictive satisfaction played upon his wrinkled face, as he discovered upon it the identical stamp of the forged note.
He ceast, and then gan all the quire of birdes 2 Their diuerse notes t'attune vnto his lay, As in approuance of his pleasing words.
I took advantage of their halting at this spot, drew forth a quire of drawing-paper, and began to sketch the features of the landscape.
All of them, at a signe given by the whole quire of the Muses that brought him thither, closing up their lippes in silence, and turning all their eares for attention to heare him sing out the rest of Fayrie Queenes prayses.
Somtimes, because Love commonly wears the liverie of wit, hee will be an Inamorato poeta, and sonnet a whole quire of paper in praise of Ladie Manibetter, his yeolowfac'd mistres.
But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the Minister.
Timotheus placed on high Amid the tuneful quire With flying fingers touch'd the lyre: The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire.
There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
He brought a leathern desk from a side-table, unlocked it, and took out a quire of paper; but he made no further advance towards the writing of those letters on account of which he had dismissed his housekeeper.
A quire of office note-paper, with his City address upon it, lay ready beneath his hand; but he did not begin to write immediately.
And de dear knows as my poor dear ladyship did 'quire to be watched ober worse nor anybody I ebber seed.
Katie continued: "And de offercers ob de law tuk possession ob de castle to 'quire inter who was de murderers ob de poor gal.
He seems most sincerely religious, especially on solemn days; for he comes often to church to make a shew, [and is a part of the quire hangings.
Two desks and a quire of paper set him up, where he now sits in state for all comers.
Everyone also to beare a faggot of wood before the procession on a certain Sunday at Burford from the Quire doore going out, to the quire doore going in, and once to bear a faggot at the burning of a heretic.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: leaf; page; paper; ream; sheet; stationery
