عض

مَعَضٌّ ذ [lit. A place in which to bite. ― -b2- And hence,] i. q. مُسْتَمْسَكٌ (tropical:) [ A place in which, or on which, to lay hold: and a thing on which to lay hold ]. (S, A, O, Msb.) So in the saying مَا لَنَا فِى الأَرْضِ مَعَضٌّ (tropical:) [ There is not for us, in the earth, any place in which, or on which, to lay hold; meaning, in which to settle ]. (A, TA.) And in the saying مَا لَنَا فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ مَعَضٌّ (tropical:) [ There is not for us, in this affair, anything on which to lay hold ]. (S, O, Msb, * TA.)