·adj In conclusion; finally.
II. Last ·noun The burden of a ship; a cargo.
III. Last ·adj Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
IV. Last ·adj At a time next preceding the present time.
V. Last ·adj Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.
VI. Last ·adj Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
VII. Last (·3d·pers. ·sg ·pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
VIII. Last ·vi To continue in time; to Endure; to remain in existence.
IX. Last ·vi A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
X. Last ·vt To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.
XI. Last ·adj 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.
XII. Last ·adj 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.
XIII. Last ·vi 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.
XIV. Last ·adj 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.
XV. Last ·noun 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.