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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[91]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 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\, n. [AS. l[be]sttrace, track, footstep; akin to D. leest a last, G. leisten, Sw. l[84]st, Dan. l[91]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\, 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\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lasting}.] [OE. lasten, As. l[91]stan to perform, execute, follow, last, continue, fr. l[be]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. |