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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Last \Last\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lasted}; p. pr & vb n. {Lasting}.] [OE. lasten, As l[ae]stan to perform, execute, follow last continue, fr l[=a]st, l?st, trace, footstep, course; akin to G. leisten to perform, Goth. laistjan to follow See {Last} mold of the foot.] 1. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. [I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would ordain while my life lasted. --Testament of Love. 2. To endure use or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as this cloth lasts better than that the fuel will last through the winter. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Last \Last\, 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Last}, to endure, contracted from lasteth [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Last \Last\, a. [OE. last latst, contr. of latest, superl. of late; akin to OS lezt, lazt, last D. laatst G. letzt. See {Late}, and cf {Latest}.] 1. Being after all the others similarly classed or considered, in time, place or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance. Also day by day from the first day unto the last day he read in the book of the law of God. --Neh. viii. 18. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night. --Milton. 2. Next before the present; as I saw him last week. 3. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. Contending for principles of the last importance. --R. Hall. 4. Lowest in rank or degree; as the last prize. --Pope. 5. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as he is the last person to be accused of theft. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Last \Last\, adv [See {Last}, a.] 1. At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as I saw him last in New York. 2. In conclusion; finally. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Last \Last\, n. [AS. l[=a]sttrace, track, footstep; akin to D. leest a last G. leisten, Sw l["a]st, Dan. l[ae]st, Icel. leistr the foot below the ankle, Goth. laists track, way from a root signifying, to go Cf {Last}, v. i., {Learn}, {Delirium}.] A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. The cobbler is not to go beyond his last --L'Estrange. {Darning last}, a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put into a stocking to preserve its shape in darning. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Last \Last\, v. t. To shape with a last to fasten or fit to a last to place smoothly on a last as to last a boot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Last \Last\, n. [As. hl[ae]st, fr hladan to lade; akin to OHG. hlast, G., D., Dan., & Sw last: cf F. laste, last a last of German or Dutch origin. See {Lade}.] 1. A load; a heavy burden; hence a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs. 2. The burden of a ship; a cargo. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: last adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" [syn: {last(a)}] 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" [ant: {intermediate}, {first}] 3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: {concluding}, {final}, {terminal}] 4: more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence; "these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the book"; "latter (or later) part of the l8th century" [syn: {later(a)}, {last(a)}, {latter(a)}] 5: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: {final}, {net}] 6: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" 7: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: {final}] 8: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: {last-place}, {lowest}] 9: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: {utmost}] 10: in accord with the most modern ideas or styles; "wears only the latest styles"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "always knows the newest dances"; "everything's up-to-date in Kansas City"; "up-to-date technology" [syn: {latest}, {newest}, {up-to-date}] 11: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" n 1: the concluding time; "he awaited the grand finale"; "he stayed until the finish"; "he left before the conclusion" [syn: {stopping point}, {finale}, {finis}, {finish}, {terminus}, {conclusion}, {close}] 2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" 3: a person's dying act the last thing a person can do "he breathed his last" 4: the end of life; continuing until dead; "he bled to death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: {death}] 5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds 6: (British) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels 7: the concluding part of an event or occurrence: "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: {end}] 8: a device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes [syn: {shoemaker's last}, {cobbler's last}] adv 1: more recently than any other time; "I saw him last in London" [syn: {most recently}] 2: the item at the end "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: {lastly}, {in conclusion}, {finally}] v 1: be long; in time [syn: {endure}] 2: continue to live, endure or last "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America" [syn: {survive}, {live}, {live on}, {go}, {endure}, {hold up}, {hold out}] 3: persist or continue; "The rains lasted four days" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: LAST n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns. Ah punster, would my lot were cast, Where the cobbler is unknown, So that I might forget his last And hear your own Gargo Repsky
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