مَكْسِرٌ

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مَكْسِرٌ A place of breaking, of anything. You say, عُودٌ صُلْبُ المَكْسِرِ [Wood, or a piece of wood, or a branch, or twig, hard in the place of breaking,] when you know its goodness by its breaking: and عُودٌ طَيِّبُ المَكْسِرِ [Wood, &c., good in the place of breaking,] i. e. approved.
2 Hence, رَجُلٌ صُلْبُ المَكْسِرِ A man who bears up against difficulty, distress, or adversity: because one breaks a piece of wood, to try if it be hard or soft. And of a pl. number, هُمْ صِلَابُ المَكَاسِرِ. And فُلَانٌ هَشُّ المَكْسِرِ, and , (TA in art. هش, q. v.,) [Such a one is easy, or compliant, when asked], which is an expression of praise when it means [lit.] that he is not one whose wood gives only a sound when one endeavours to produce fire from it; and of dispraise when it means [lit.] that be is one whose wood is weak. And فُلَانٌ طَيِّبُ المَكْسِرِ Such a one is praised when tried, proved, or tested: and رَدِىْءُ المَكْسِرِ [dispraised when tried, &c.]. [Wherefore it is said that] مَكْسِرٌ also signifies The internal state; an internal, or intrinsic, quality; the intrinsic, or real, as opposed to the apparent, state, or to the aspect; syn. مَخْبَرٌ.
3 Also مَكْسِرٌ The lowest part (أَصْلٌ K, TA) of anything; and especially of a tree, where the branches are broken off.
4 [Hence] it is said to be metonymically used as meaning Old property. (TA voce فَرْعٌ.)
5 See also كَسْرٌ.

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