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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Last, v.¹ [ME. and e.m.E.: rarely used in place of Sc. Lest v.] intr. To endure, last; also, to extend. — a1400 Leg. S. xliii. 305.]
[(They) Thare faculte, til it mycht leste, Til poure folk disponyt faste ?1438 Alex. ii. 9633.
Vpon his, lordis! I may nocht last, For thare defence approchis fast a1578 Pitsc. I. 96/11.
This seige lastit langer nor the seigeris thairof luikit c 1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 553.
This name lasteth to it [the river] from the fall of Cannay … to the fall of Monar