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uptake
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Uptake \Up*take"\, v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Spenser. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Uptake \Up"take`\, n. (Steam Boilers)
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1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam
boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading
upward.
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2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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