wythe

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English

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

The chimney-partition sense may derive from the fact that a single wythe or thickness of brick has often been used for such partitions.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wythe (plural wythes)

  1. (masonry) A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness.
    That wall has to be at least three wythes of brick to support your load.
  2. (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.
    • 1986, Jack Payne Jones, Handbook of Construction Contracting: Plans, specs, building, Craftsman Book Company, →ISBN, page 373:
      A chimney runs from the base of the first flue liner to the top of the last flue liner, or to any rain cap above it. Attach single-wythe chimneys to the house.
    • 2003, Carson Dunlop, Principles of Home Inspection: Chimneys & wood heating, Dearborn Real Estate, →ISBN, page 30:
      [] Where there is more than one flue, there is usually a single wythe of masonry separating the flues. Particularly on older chimneys with poor or missing caps, this wythe of brick dividing the flues may be []

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionary of English (2010), page 2051: "wythe /wɪθ, wɪð/ noun a single thickness of bricks in masonry construction. – origin early 18th cent. (as with): probably an alteration of WIDTH."
  2. ^ (near start), 0:44, (near start)

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