Uptake \Up*take"\, v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.]

--Wyclif. Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)