Defn: One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehended.
TAKE-UP
Take"-up`, n. (Mach.)
Defn: That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
TAKING
Tak"ing, a.
1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller.
2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
— Tak"ing*ly, adv.
— Tak"ing*ness, n.
TAKING
Tak"ing, n.
1. The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.
2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.] What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket! Shak.
3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] Shak.