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Webster 1913 Edition
Uptake
Up-take′
,Verb.
T.
To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
[Obs.]
Wyclif. Spenser.
Up′takeˊ
,Noun.
(Steam Boilers)
1.
The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
2.
Understanding; apprehension.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uptake
UPTA'KE
,Verb.
T.