wythe
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of wythe
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
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A partition between flues in a chimney.
“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.”
“[…] 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[…]”
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
Uncertain. * Perhaps an alteration of width. * Perhaps related to withe (“flexible twig; band of twigs”), from Old English wiþþe (“tie, band”). The chimney-partition sense may derive from the fact that a single wythe or thickness of brick has often been used for such partitions.
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