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<h1>Last</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; <as>as, to <ex>last</ex> a boot</as>.</def>

<h1>Last</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[As. <ets>hl\'91st</ets>, fr. <ets>hladan</ets> to lade; akin to OHG. <ets>hlast</ets>, G., D., Dan., & Sw. <ets>last</ets>: cf. F. <ets>laste</ets>, <ets>last</ets>, a last, of German or Dutch origin. See <er>Lade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <i>last</i> of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a <i>last</i> of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, <i>each</i> 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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The burden of a ship; a cargo.</def>

<h1>Lastage</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[E. <ets>lestage</ets> ballasting, fr. <ets>lest</ets> ballast, or LL. <ets>lastagium</ets>, <ets>lestagium</ets>. See <er>Last</er> a load.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A tax on wares sold by the last.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The lading of a ship; also, ballast.</def>

<i>Spelman.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.</def>

<h1>Laste</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Last</er>, to endure.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Laster</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last.</def>

<h1>Laster-y</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"er-y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A red color.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Spenser.</i>

<h1>Lasting</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; <as>as, a <ex>lasting</ex> good or evil; a <ex>lasting</ex> color.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Lasting</er>, <er>Permanent</er>, <er>Durable</er>. <i>Lasting</i> commonly means merely continuing in existence; <i>permanent</i> carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; <i>durable</i> means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.</usage>

<h1>Lasting</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Continuance; endurance.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act or process of shaping on a last.</def>