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Definition of Last

Last of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. 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. Next before the present; as, I saw him last week. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize. 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. 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. In conclusion; finally. At a time next preceding the present time. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. 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. A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot. 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. The burden of a ship; a cargo. Related Definitions: Accused, After, All, An, And, Are, As, Ashes, At, Be, Before, Being, Better, Block, Book, Boot, Boots, Burden, But, Cargo, Century, Certain, Chance, Character, Classed, Cloth, Codfish, Conclusion, Condition, Considered, Containing, Continue, Contracted, Corn, Countries, Degree, Different, Dozen, Each, Eighty, Endure, Estimated, Exhaustion, Existence, Farthest, Fasten, Final, Finally, Fit, Fitness, Flax, Following, Foot, For, Formed, Fourteen, From, Fuel, Generally, Given, Gunpowder, Have, Having, He, Heavy, Hence, Him, Hindmost, His, Human, Impairment, In, Is, Last, Least, Leather, Like, Line, Load, Man, Meal, Measure, Most, New, Next, Occasion, Occurred, Of, On, Or, Order, Page, Person, Pitch, Place, Preceding, Present, Prize, Quality, Rank, Red, Remain, Rest, Saw, Shape, Shaped, Ship, Shoes, Similarly, Smoothly, Some, Spoken, Succession, Supreme, Tar, Ten, Than, That, The, Theft, This, Those, Through, Time, To, Twelve, Twenty, Unlikely, Use, Utmost, Varying, Week, Weight, Which, White, Will, Winter, With, Without, Wooden, Wool, Year

Last Quotations The first is last, and the last is first. Joanna Southcott Play every game as if it is your last one. Guy Lafleur Love one another (His last words). George Harrison The best scene is the last great scene I did. Rene Auberjonois Good times don't last long sometimes. Levon Helm

Last Translations last in Danish is forbigangen, vare, sidst last in Dutch is voorgaand, voorafgaand, verleden last in German is zuletzt, letzter, letzte last in Italian is ultimo, durare, scorso, infine, continuare last in Latin is extremus, duro, maneo, obduro last in Norwegian is vare, siste, forrige

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