Up*take" (?), v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.

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.

Up*take" (?), v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.

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.

• understanding, comprehension
  
• absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
  
• (dated) a chimney