مَعَسٌّ

A place where a thing is sought, or to be sought; synonym مَطْلَبٌ. (S, O, K.) ISd cites, as an example, from El-Akhtal,

مُعَفَّرَةٌ لَا يُكْنِهُ السَّيْفُ وَسْطَهَا

إِذَا 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.)