عس

مَعَسٌّ ذ A place where a thing is sought, or to be sought; syn. مَطْلَبٌ. (S, O, K.) ISd cites, as an ex., from El-Akhtal, مُعَفَّرَةٌ لَا يُكْنِهُ السَّيْفُ وَسْطَهَا اـِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا مَعَسٌّ وَطَالِبُ [ 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 ]. (TA.) You say also, هُوَ قَرِيبُ المَعَسِّ [ He, or it, is near as to the place where he, or it, is to be sought ]. (TK.)