مَعْرَقٌ
2.
[And a noun of place, signifying A place of sweat or of sweating of an animal; such as the armpit and the groin: plural مَعَارِقُ.
3.
Hence,] مَعَارِقُ الرَّمْلِ
i. q.
ابَاطُهُ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) The places where the main body of the sand ends, and where it is thin, not deep]: likened to the مَعَارِق of the animal. (TA.)
4.
And معرق [thus in my original; perhaps مَعْرَقٌ, as denoting “ a place of sweat, ” like مَمْطَرٌ from المَطَرُ; or
مِعْرَقٌ, as being likened to a utensil, like مِمْطَرٌ, and as being in form agreeable with many words denoting articles of dress;] signifies An innermost garment for imbibing the sweat, lest it should reach to the garments of pride [i. e. the outer garments]. (TA.)