Syn. — Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending. — Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting
commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same
state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.
Lasting
(Last"ing), n.
1. Continuance; endurance. Locke.
2. A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
3. The act or process of shaping on a last.
Lastingly
(Last"ing*ly), adv. In a lasting manner.
Lastly
(Last"ly), adv.
1. In the last place; in conclusion.
2. at last; finally.
Lat
(Lat) v. t. To let; to allow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Latakia
(Lat`a*ki"a) n. [Turk.] A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place
where produced, the ancient Laodicea.
Latch
(Latch) v. t. [Cf. F. lécher to lick Cf. Lick.] To smear; to anoint. [Obs.] Shak.
Latch
(Latch), n. [OE. lacche, fr. lacchen to seize, As. læccan.]
1. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
2. A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch
which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
3. (Naut.) A latching.
4. A crossbow. [Obs.] Wright.
Latch
(Latch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched (lacht); p. pr. & vb. n. Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch.
n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
Those that remained threw darts at our men, and latching our darts, sent them again at us.
Golding. 2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
The door was only latched.
Locke. Latchet
(Latch"et) n. [OE. lachet, from an OF. dialect form of F. lacet plaited string, lace dim. of lacs.
See Lace.] The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
Latching
(Latch"ing), n. (Naut.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is
attached to the foot of a sail; — called also latch and lasket. [Usually in pl.]
Latchkey
(Latch"key`) n. A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
