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▪ I. ˈuptake, n.
Also Sc. uptak', north. dial. uptack.
[up- 2. Cf. ON. and Icel. upptak neut., upptaka fem.]
1. The action of, or capacity for, understanding; comprehension. Usu. in phr. quick (slow, gleg (Sc.), etc.) on (at, in) the uptake. orig. Sc.
1816Scott Old Mort. vii, Everybody's no sae gleg at the uptake as ye are yoursell. 1847W. E. Aytoun Dreepdaily Burghs iv, ‘I really do not understand you, gentlemen.’ ‘Troth, then, ye're slow at the uptak.’ 1871Alexander Johnny Gibb x, I'm nae sayin' 't Benjie hisna a better uptak' nor the like o' him. 1878A. Paul Random Writ. 112 Children are very quick in the uptake. 1911E. M. Clowes On Wallaby vi. 162 They..are not so ‘smart’, so quick in the up-take, as themselves. 1927H. A. Vachell Dew of Sea 259 For a moment the chieftain was puzzled. But he was fairly quick at the up-take, replying after a pause. 1931D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings viii. 92 A good girl..but slow in the uptake. 1940R. S. Lambert Ariel & all his Quality viii. 190 No one was ‘quicker on the uptake’; no one responded quicker to a nod or a wink. 1949Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 13/1 An energetic, likeable, cockily pugnacious figure, but slow, almost Neanderthally slow, on the uptake. 1957H. Nicolson Journey to Java vi. 106 Being quick at the uptake, he then realized that the flat had been visited by house-breakers. 1980K. Crossley-Holland Norse Myths p. xxvi, He was..a bit slow in the uptake, but immensely strong and dependable.
2. = take-up n. 4.
1839R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Eng. 129 The uptake, communicating from each boiler, in the common funnel. 1859W. Rankine Steam-Engine 451 A chamber called the smoke box, or uptake, in which the various flues terminate. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 499/1 The uptakes from both ends converge to the funnel base above the centre of the boiler's length.
3. A ventilating shaft by which foul air ascends.
1889Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xii. 132 Advantage is taken of the hollow towing bollards..to utilise these also as uptakes. 1908Animal Managem. 248 Permanent air funnels..should be arranged in pairs,..thus furnishing an up-take and down draught (outlet and inlet).
4. An upward draught or current of air.
1887R. Abercromby Weather 79 To assume that the ascensional uptake in front of the main body of the shower is as unsteady as the surface-wind. Ibid. 126 Where the uptake is less strong.
5. Absorption or incorporation by a living system. Also transf.
1931W. O. James Introd. Plant Physiol. vi. 156 (heading) The uptake of water. 1956Nature 28 Jan. 192/1 The uptake of potassium ions by disks of red beet root tissue. 1971Country Life 8 July 119/1 Between 1968 and 1975 the textile industry's uptake of wool would fall by 23 per cent. 1974[see photoscan s.v. photo- 2].
▪ II. upˈtake, v.
[up- 4. Cf. take v. 90, MSw. up-, upptaka, etc. (Sw. upptaga), MDa. (and Da.) optage in sense 3.]
†1. trans. To perform or pursue (a flight) upwards. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 277 Min fliȝt..ic wile up-taken, Min sete norð on heuene maken. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 226 Saints Self-jealous will their Flights uptake, We'll follow of the first the radiant Wake.
†2. To deliver up, to surrender. Obs.—1
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7949 Þe king him made þuder wende, mid is owe folc, to make Þe folc þat þer inne was þen castel him vp take [v.r. optake].
3. To pick or take up; to raise from the ground, etc.; to lift. Obs. or arch.
a1300E.E. Psalter xvii. 19 He sent fra hegh, and vptoke me; Fra many watres me nam he. 13..K. Alis. 7579 (Laud MS.), He was vptaken of gentil men And ysette on heiȝe benche. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5142 Ihesu Crist þat here es uptane Fra yhow, til heven. c1420Anturs of Arth. 656 (Douce MS.), Boþe þes trauayled mene þey truly vp take; Vnnethe miȝte þo sturne stonde vp riȝte. c1440Pallad. on Husb. xi. 291 Of see quyete vptaketh they maryne Water purest. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. 89 b, Then willd he all the Ladies limmes..To be vptaken, peece by peece. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. ii. 25 It..befell, That Satyran a girdle did vptake, Well knowne to appertaine to Florimell.
fig.1590Spenser F.Q. iii. ii. 9 The word gone out, she backe againe would call,..But that he it vp-taking ere the fall, Her shortly answered. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes ii. ii. 37 But Sancho (wise) uptakes That matter, and..Desires with bread and cheese to pacifie His great distemper.
†b. fig. To raise from distress or straits; to take into one's care or protection. Obs.
Only in or after Biblical usage, usually tr. L. suscipere.
a1300E.E. Psalter xxvi. 16 Mi fader and mi moder me for-soke þai; Lauerd sothlike vptoke me ai. a1340Hampole Psalter xvii. 38 Þi righthand vptoke me. 1388Wyclif Isaiah xli. 10 Y coumfortide thee..; and the riȝthond of my iust man vp took thee. c1400Prymer (1895) 84 Uptake þou me bi þi word, & y schal lyue. c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 127 Israel for his childe up-toke he to cum. 1551Sternhold & H. Ps. vi. 4 Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace, my sely soule vp take [1584 vptake].
†c. To raise up, exalt. Also absol. Obs.
c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 8247 Þai salle þan se..Whi ane es uptane tylle a kyngdom, And ane other es putted in-tylle thraldom. c1460Towneley Myst. xxiv. 380 As fortune assyse men wyll she make; hir manners ar nyse, she can downe and vptake.
†4. To take possession of; to occupy. Obs.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. iv. ix. 1173 All þe cete þus fand þai With þare fais neire vptane. 1452Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 131/2 My gudis..to be frely ressavit, uptakyn, governit and fullely disponit at the will..of the saide Walter. 1513Douglas æneid iii. ii. 108 The lugeingis [were] void and reddy to thair fais, The sete left waist till ony it wptais.
†5. To reprove, rebuke. Obs.—1
c1440Psalmi Peniten. (1894) 1 Lord, yn thin anger, uptake [L. corripias] me nought.
†6. To receive hospitably. Obs.—1
a1470Harding Chron. ix. i, Winde theim droue..Into Affrique, where..Thei welcomed wer and worthely vptake.
†7. Sc. To obtain, get, or exact by way of tax, contribution, or payment; to levy; = uplift v. 3.
1493Reg. Cupar Abbey I. 244 Dewiteis of the samyn [lands] to rais and vptak. 1534Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 221 To help the said John Perdovin to uptak the said movable gudis. c1560A. Scott Poems i. 133 Teindis ar vptane be testament transgressouris. 1592Excheq. Rolls Scot. XXII. 236 The maillis of the castellandis..intromettit and uptaikin be Johnne, lord Maxwell. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War. Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 58 The Committie ordaines him to uptak the pryce according to the feirs of the yeir.
8. Sc. (and north. dial.). To take into the mind; to comprehend, understand.
1726Fleming's Fulfill. Script. (ed. 5) Table Scots Phr., Uptake, to understand a thing. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2). 1839R. M. M'Cheyne in Bonar Mem. (1844) 195 Have you really and fully uptaken Christ as the gospel lays him down? 1898C. Spence From Braes of the Carse 32 What a pity the Laird is so dull!.. For certes he doesna uptak' what I mean. |