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the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"

holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

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"

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"

not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"

the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"

a person's dying act; the last thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"

occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"

immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "knows the newest dances"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique"

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".

most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"

the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"

holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

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"

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"

be long; in time

not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"

the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"

a person's dying act; the last thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"

(British) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"

occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"

immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

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.

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.

Coming after all others in time, place, or order; lowest; utmost; least likely.

After all others; on the final time or occasion; at the end; finally.

To remain in existence or operation endure.

A wooden tool for shaping boots and shoes; the end.

A wooden mould of the foot on which boots and shoes are made.

To fit with a last.

To continue, endure.

A weight generally estimated at 4000 lbs., but varying in different articles: a ship's cargo.

Latest: coming after all the others: final: next before the present: utmost: meanest-advs. LAST, LASTLY.

To remain in existence; endure.

Being at the end; latest; hindmost.

A wooden form on which to make a boot or shoe.

After all others; finally.

adv. The last time; the time before the present;— in conclusion; finally;— after all others in order or time.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A weight or measure, generally estimated at 4000 lbs., but varying exceedingly as to different articles.