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 Last, n.  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.

 Darn v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.]  To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
    He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.   --Swift.
 Darning last. See under Last.
 Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) Zool. Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.
 Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle.