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(<i>a.</i>) Final; as, last dance, last in line, last chance.<p>2. (<i>a.</i>) 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.<p>3. (<i>a.</i>) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.<p>4. (<i>a.</i>) Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.<p>5. (<i>a.</i>) Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.<p>6. (<i>a.</i>) 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.<p>7. (<i>a.</i>) 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.<p>8. (<i>a.</i>) In conclusion; finally.<p>9. (<i>a.</i>) At a time next preceding the present time.<p>10. (<i>v. i.</i>) To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.<p>11. (<i>v. i.</i>) 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.<p>12. (<i>n.</i>) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.<p>13. (<i>v. t.</i>) To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.<p>14. (<i>n.</i>) 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.<p>15. 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