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Definition of Last
Pronunciation: låst | 3d pers. s | 1. | of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. | | a. | 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. | | 2. | Next before the present; as, I saw him last week. | | 3. | Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. | | 4. | Lowest in rank or degree; as, the a last place finish. | | 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.| To breathe one's last | | to die. |
| | adv. | 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; lastly. | | 3. | At a time next preceding the present time. | | v. i. | 1. | To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. | | 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. | | n. | 1. | A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. | | v. t. | 1. | To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot. | | n. | 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. |
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