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▪ I. upˈtaking, vbl. n. Chiefly Sc.
[up- 7, or f. uptake v.]
In Sc. use also with stress ˈupˌtaking.
†1. The source of a stream. Obs.—1
Probably after ON. upptaka in the same sense.
1241–51Cockersand Chartul. (Chetham Soc. 56) 854 Terram quæ jacet inter Arkelbec et stagnum molendini ad huptaking et est longitudo a le huptaking usque ad terram Margeriæ.
†2. The action of sustaining; sustenance, support. Obs.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxxxviii. 18 For of lauerd es oure vptakinge [L. adsumptio]. 1388Wyclif Ps. cvii. 9 Effraym is the vptaking [L. susceptio] of myn heed. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 46 The uptakyng of oure frele nature Whiche wyth synne was almost schent.
†3. Sc.
a. = uplifting vbl. n. 2. Obs.
1471in Charters, &c. Edin. (1871) 134 In the rasing, vptakin and paying of the said custumes. 1512Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 374 That ȝe ceis fra all intrometting and uptaking of the saidis thre lastis of salmond. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 164 The rowmes and rentis quhilk they war in wse and possessioun affoir of wptaking thairof. 1594[see uplifting vbl. n. 2]. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 78 They fell in sum wordis about the vp⁓taking of this fyne. Ibid. 133 Quhilk bred gryte truble in vptaking of the rentall.
†b. The levy or raising of forces. Obs.—1
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 243 The laird..passit..to Dundie.. for vptaking of men of weir.
†c. (See dittay.) Obs.—1
1609Skene Reg. Maj., Stat. Alex. II, 15 Vptaking of dittay and pvnissing of malefactours.
†4. Sc. ? Drawing together, gathering. Obs.—1
1503Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 203 For ane elne lynnyne to the platis uptaking of the crammesy cote, xiiij d.
5. Sc. A raising, picking, or lifting up.
1495Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 394/2 Þe wrangwis..vptaking of þer merchis and stanis. 1503Acc. Ld. H. Treas. Scot. II. 356 For uptaking of certane treis..and carying of thaim to Strivelin. 1513Douglas æneid ix. vi. 116 Behind thame, for vptakyng quhayr it lay, Mony brycht armour rychly dycht thai left. 1576in Balfour Oppr. in Orkney & Shetl. (1859) 69 The allegeit uptaking of ane pece see-drewin tre. 1613P. Forbes Comm. Revelation xii. (1614) 103 The exalting of the childe, is the deiecting of the Dragon from heauen: and the deiection of the Dragon, is the vptaking of the childe. 1888C. P. Brown Cotton Manuf. 168 Up⁓taking, Sc. for the take-up motion.
†6. Sc. The action of leading the psalm; precenting. Obs.
1579Burgh Rec. Edin. (1882) IV. 126 His yeirlie stepend for vptaking of the psalmes in the kirk. 1599Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 204 To Patrik Walter for the vptacking of the psalme in the new kirk. 1618Extr. Burgh. Rec. Stirling (1887) 150 The soume of ten merkis in feall for uptaking of the psalmes.
7. Sc. A receiving into or grasping with the mind; comprehension, conception, understanding.
1614W. Cowper Dikailogie 85 Your errour proceeds from the wrong vptaking of the question. 1663Blair Autobiog. ii. (1848) 32, I was thereby much satisfied and confirmed by his uptaking of the nature and notion of faith. 1730T. Boston Mem. v. (1899) 59 My preaching..by degrees..ripened into a more clear uptaking of the doctrine of the gospel. a1749E. Erskine Wks. (1791) 683/1 It has in it a knowledge and uptaking of a God in Christ. 1811Chalmers Let. in Hanna Life (1851) I. 228 Aunty Jean tries to help out the matter by the uptakings of her quick and confident discernment. 1839R. M. MCheyne in Bonar Mem. (1844) 195 How many that have no uptaking of Christ, and are yet cold-hearted and at ease?
▪ II. ˈupˌtaking, ppl. a. Sc.
[up- 6.]
a. Engrossing, absorbing.
b. Quick in understanding; intelligent.
1737J. Willison Afflicted Man's Comp. i. (1744) 13 This should be the great and uptaking Business of every Man. 1756M. Calderwood in Coltness Collect. (Maitl. Cl.) 148 Though they [the Dutch] have no vivacity, yet I think they are..smarter, a great deall, than the English, that is, more uptaking. |