Emily Dickinson Lexicon

last, adj. [OE.] (webplay: adores, after, apples, before, bend, best, church, comes, corn, day, desires, drawn, existence, expect, feathers, finally, honest, human, latest, load, long, lowest, man, measure, more, names, next, others, perish, place, pleased, read, red, remain, time, water, week, weight, wood, wool, year).

1. Previous; most recent; one just before the present.
2. Final; ultimate; terminal; finishing; only remaining; one that comes after all others.
3. Latter; second in a series of two.