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Uptake   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.)





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"Uptake" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Uptake" :   ingestion, bodily process, suck, sucking, body process, bodily function, swallow, drinking, activity, imbibition, human process, suction, radioactive iodine uptake test, drink, re-uptake, intake, reuptake, feeding, deglutition


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