[f. LAST v.4 + -ING1.] The action of shaping a boot or shoe on the last: chiefly attrib., as lasting-awl, -machine, † -stick; lasting-jack, -pincers (see quots.).
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., *Lasting-jack, an implement to hold the last while straining and securing the upper thereon.
1895. Daily News, 13 March, 3/2. There is a magnetic *lasting machine which takes up the tacks and presses them into a boot when it is on the last.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., *Lasting-pincers (Shoemaking), a tool to grip the edges of the upper leather of a boot and draw it over the last.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills, VI. 92. My Lasts … and my *lasting Sticks.
