How long is't now since last yourself and I Were in a mask ?
Shak.
Last, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lasting.] [OE.
lasten, As. læstan to perform, execute, follow, last, continue, fr.
lst, l&?;st, 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.
[I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would ordain while
my life lasted.
Testament of Love.
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.
Last, n. [AS. lsttrace, track, footstep; akin to D. leest a last, G.
leisten, Sw. läst, Dan. læst, 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.
The cobbler is not to go beyond his last.
L'Estrange.
Darning last, a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put into a
stocking to preserve its shape in darning.
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.
Last, n. [As. hlæst, 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.