بطش

[ مَبْطِشٌ ذ , or مَبْطَشٌ, A place of assault, or the like; sing. of مَبَاطِشُ, of which the following is an ex.] سَلَكُوا أَرْضًا بَعِيدَةَ المَسَالِكِ قَرِيبَةَ المَهَالِكِ وَوُقِذُوا بِمَبَاطِشِهَا وَمَا أُنْقِذُوا مِنْ مَعَاطِشِهَا (tropical:) [ They traversed a land whereof the roads were farextending, whereof the places of destruction were near, and they were prostrated, or left sick, in its places of assault, and were not saved from its places of thirst ]. (A, TA.)