[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

late \late\ l=at, a. compar. later l=at"~er, or
   latter la^t"t~er; superl. latest l=at"e^st or
   last l.ast. oe. lat slow, slack, as. laet; akin to
   os. lat, d. laat late, g. lass weary, lazy, slack, icel.
   latr, sw. lat, dan. lad, goth. lats, and to e. let, v. see
   let to permit, and cf. alas, lassitude.
   1. coming after the time when due, or after the usual or
      proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a
      late spring.
      1913 webster

   2. far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of
      the day; a late period of life.
      1913 webster

   3. existing or holding some position not long ago, but not
      now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office;
      as, the late bishop of london; the late administration.
      1913 webster

   4. not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the
      late rains; we have received late intelligence.
      1913 webster

   5. continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;
      as, late revels; a late watcher.
      1913 webster
see also:
later latter latest last let alas 
lassitude 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

last \last\ l.ast, 3d pers. sing. pres.
   of last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. obs.
   --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
last 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

last \last\ l.ast, 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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

            fairest of stars, last in the train of night.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. next before the present; as, i saw him last week.
      1913 webster

   3. supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
      1913 webster

            contending for principles of the last importance.
                                                  --r. hall.
      1913 webster

   4. lowest in rank or degree; as, the a last place finish.
      --pope.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   at last, at the end of a certain period; after delay. "the
      duke of savoy felt that the time had at last arrived."
      --motley.

   at the last. prob. fr. as. on l=aste behind, following
      behind, fr. l=ast race, track, footstep. see last mold
      of the foot. at the end; in the conclusion. obs. "gad,
      a troop shall overcome him; but he shall overcome at the
      last." --gen. xlix. 19.

   last heir, the person to whom lands escheat for lack of an
      heir. eng. --abbott.

   on one's last legs, at, or near, the end of one's
      resources; hence, on the verge of failure or ruin,
      especially in a financial sense. colloq.

   to breathe one's last, to die.

   to the last, to the end; till the conclusion.
      1913 webster

            and blunder on in business to the last. --pope.

   syn: at last, at length.

   usage: these phrases both denote that some delayed end or
          result has been reached. at length implies that a long
          period was spent in so doing; as, after a voyage of
          more than three months, we at length arrived safe. at
          last commonly implies that something has occurred as
          interruptions, disappointments, etc. which leads us
          to emphasize the idea of having reached the end; as,
          in spite of every obstacle, we have at last arrived.
          1913 webster
see also:
late latest at last at the last last last heir 
on one's last legs to breathe one's last to the last at last at length 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

last \last\, n. as. l=ast trace, track, footstep; akin to d.
   leest a last, g. leisten, sw. laumst, dan. laest, 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.
   1913 webster

         the cobbler is not to go beyond his last. --l'estrange.
   1913 webster

   darning last, a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put
      into a stocking to preserve its shape in darning.
      1913 webster
see also:
last learn delirium darning last 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

last \last\ l.ast, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. in conclusion; finally; lastly.
      1913 webster

            pleased with his idol, he commends, admires,
            adores; and, last, the thing adored desires.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. at a time next preceding the present time.
      1913 webster

            how long is't now since last yourself and i
            were in a mask ?                      --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
last 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

last \last\, n. as. hlaest, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the burden of a ship; a cargo.
      1913 webster
see also:
lade 

[8] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

last \last\, v. i. imp.  p. p. lasted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   lasting. oe. lasten, as. laestan to perform, execute,
   follow, last, continue, fr. l=ast, l=aest, 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.
      1913 webster

            i proffered me to be slave in all that she me
            would ordain while my life lasted.    --testament of
                                                  love.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
lasted lasting last 

[9] : WordNet (r) 2.0

last
     adj 1: immediately past; "last thursday"; "the last chapter we
            read" syn: lasta
     2: 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"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last
        nickel" ant: intermediate, first
     3: 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" syn: concluding,
         final, terminal
     4: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
        "a last resort"; "the net result" syn: final, net
     5: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have
        suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the
        job"
     6: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last
        rites"
     7: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is
        final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" syn: final
     8: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
        syn: last-place, lowest
     9: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human
        endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last
        degree or a lesser one was...to be determined
        individually" syn: utmost
     10: 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" syn: latest, newest, up-to-date,
          cutting-edge, with-it
     n 1: 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" syn: stopping point, finale, finis,
           finish, conclusion, close
     2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the
        last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
     3: a person's dying act; the last thing a person can do; "he
        breathed his last"
     4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she
        stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" syn: death
     5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
     6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
     7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was
        exciting"; "i had to miss the last of the movie" syn: end,
         final stage
     8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to
        fashion or repair shoes syn: shoemaker's last, cobbler's
        last
     adv 1: more recently than any other time; "i saw him last in
            london" syn: most recently
     2: the item at the end; "last, i'll discuss family values"
        syn: lastly, in conclusion, finally
     v 1: persist or be long; in time; "the bad weather lasted for
          three days" syn: endure
     2: continue to live; endure or last; "we went without water and
        food for 3 days"; "these superstitions survive in the
        backwaters of america"; "the racecar driver lived through
        several very serious accidents" syn: survive, live, live
        on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
see also:
lasta intermediate first concluding final terminal 
net last-place lowest utmost latest 
newest up-to-date cutting-edge with-it stopping point 
finale finis finish conclusion close 
death end final stage shoemaker's last cobbler's last 
most recently lastly in conclusion finally endure 
survive live live on go hold up 
hold out 

[10] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

221 moby thesaurus words for "last":
   z, abide, advance, aforegoing, after, aftermost, apodosis, at last,
   at length, at long last, at the end, at the last, be spared,
   behind, bide, bottommost, boundary, carry on, carry through, cast,
   catastrophe, caudal, ceasing, cessation, cheat death, closing,
   coda, collateral, coming, completing, completive, completory,
   concluding, conclusion, conclusive, conclusively, consummation,
   consummative, contingent, continue, continue to be,
   continue to exist, crack of doom, crowning, culminating,
   culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, decisive,
   defeat time, definitive, defy time, denouement, departing,
   destination, destiny, determinative, die, doom, dwell, effect,
   elapse, end, end point, ending, endmost, endure, envoi, epilogue,
   eschatology, eventual, eventually, exist, expiration, expire,
   extend, extreme, farewell, farthest, farthest out, fate, final,
   final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality,
   finalizing, finally, finis, finish, finishing, flit, flow, flow on,
   fly, foregoing, form, fulfilling, furthest, glide, go by, go on,
   goal, hang on, hindmost, hold, hold on, hold out, in conclusion,
   in fine, in the rear, indirect, intaglio, izzard, keep, keep alive,
   keep at, keep at it, keep driving, keep going, keep on,
   keep trying, keep up, lag, lapse, last breath, last gasp,
   last long, last out, last things, last trumpet, last words, lastly,
   latest, latter, latter end, leaving, limiting, live, live on,
   live through, maintain, matrix, mint, model, mold, most recent,
   mould, negative, newest, not accept compromise, omega,
   once for all, outermost, outward-bound, parting, pass, pass by,
   pattern, payoff, perdure, perennate, period, peroration, persevere,
   persist, polar, preceding, press on, prevail, proceed, punch,
   quietus, rearmost, remain, remotest, resolution, resting place,
   roll on, run, run its course, run on, run out, seal, secondary,
   shoe last, slide, slip, stamp, stand, stand up, stay, stay on,
   stoppage, stopping place, subsist, support life, survive, sustain,
   swan song, tail, tarry, template, term, terminal, terminating,
   termination, terminative, terminus, tide over, ultimate,
   ultimately, utmost, uttermost, valedictory, wear, wear well,
   windup

[11] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

last, n.  a shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning providence as
opportunity to the maker of puns.

    ah, punster, would my lot were cast,
        where the cobbler is unknown,
    so that i might forget his last
        and hear your own.
                                                          gargo repsky

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