'Latter harvest' definitions:

Definition of 'Latter harvest'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of two things, the one mentioned second. [1913 Webster]
  • The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Recent; modern. [1913 Webster]
  • Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Last; latest; final. [R.] "My latter gasp." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest.
  • Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. --Shak. [1913 Webster]