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Definition: Latter spring
Latter
\Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[ae]tter, compar. of lat late.
See
Late, and cf.
Later.]
1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something
else; -- opposed to
former; as, the former and latter
rain.
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2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.
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The difference between reason and revelation, and in
what sense the latter is superior. --I. Watts.
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3. Recent; modern.
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Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages,
whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke.
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4. Last; latest; final. [R.]
“My latter gasp.” --Shak.
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Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest.
Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year.
--Shak.
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