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Uptake   /ˈəptˌeɪk/   Listen
noun
Uptake  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.)


verb
Uptake  v. t.  To take into the hand; to take up; to help. (Obs.)





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"Uptake" Quotes from Famous Books



... cleared of snow and ice. Two unrecognizable sweeps greeted us heartily, they were Bill and Meares; the dogs howled a chorus for our benefit; it was quite like coming home. Inside the hut, the cause of the blackness was apparent, they had a blubber fire going, an open one, with no chimney or uptake for the smoke. After such a long open-air life it fairly choked me, and for once I could not eat a square meal. We all slept in a row against the west wall of the hut with ...
— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard
... frowned. This slowness in the uptake, coming so soon after her brother's inattention, ...
— A Damsel in Distress • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
... to find them in a state of profound despondency. My companion was immediately recognized by my sister and Jill, but, to my relief, Berry and Jonah were not quite so quick in the uptake. ...
— Berry And Co. • Dornford Yates
... of th' Lord, awake, Thy sword uptake; Cast what would Thine forgetful of Thee make Into the lake. Awake, I pray, O mighty Jah, awake Make all the world before Thy presence quake, Not only earth, but heaven also shake. Arise, arise, O Jacob's God, ...
— The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself • Thomas Ellwood


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