Meaning & use
Quair
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An archaic Scots term for a small book or a quire of written or printed leaves.
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The poet titled his manuscript a quair, following medieval Scottish tradition.
Scholars still study the 15th-century quair attributed to King James I.
A note on using this word
Best known from "The Kingis Quair" ("The King's Book"), a narrative poem traditionally credited to James I of Scotland; the word is now essentially obsolete outside historical and literary study.
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