(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:11:58

Up*take" (?), v. t.

To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

[Obs.]

Wyclif. Spenser.

 

© Webster 1913.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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