Category:Uptake

Up*take", v. t.

Defn: to take into the hand; to take up; to help. [obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.

Uptake Up"take`, n. (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.