مَعَسٌّ
Root: عس
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مَعَسٌّ
A place where a thing is sought, or to be sought; syn. مَطْلَبٌ. ISd cites, as an ex., from El-Akhtal,
[Defiled with dust, the sword will not reach the middle of it if there be not in it a place where something is to be sought and a seeker]. You say also, هُوَ قَرِيبُ المَعَسِّ [He, or it, is near as to the place where he, or it, is to be sought].مُعَفَّرَةٌ لَا يُكْنِهُ السَّيْفُ وَسْطَهَا إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا مَعَسٌّ وَطَالِبُ
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