Category:Rebus

Re"bus, n.; pl. Rebuses. Etym: [l. rebus by things, abl. pl. of res a Thing: cf. F. rébus. Cf. 3d things, abl. pl. of res a thing: cf. F. Rébus. Cf. 3d real.]

1. A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects Whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are Composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a Peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.

Note: a gallant, in love with a woman named rose hill, had, Embroidered on his gown, a rose, a hill, an eye, a loaf, and a well, Signifying, rose hill i love well.

2. (her.)

Defn: a pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the Person to whom it belongs. See canting arms, under canting.

Rebus Re"bus, v. t.

Defn: to mark or indicate by a rebus. He [john morton] had a fair library rebused with more in text and tun Under it. Fuller.