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wythe.

A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness.

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Meaning & usage

noun/waɪθ//wɪθ//wɪð/
  1. 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. A partition between flues in a chimney.

Where this word comes from

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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