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Webster 1913 Edition


Rebus

Re′bus

(rē′bŭs)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Rebuses
(rē′bŭs-ĕz)
.
[L.
rebus
by 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.
☞ 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.)
A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See
Canting arms
, under
Canting
.

Re′bus

,
Verb.
T.
To mark or indicate by a rebus.
He [John Morton] had a fair library
rebused
with More in text and Tun under it.
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rebus

RE'BUS

,
Noun.
[L. from res, which is of the class Rd, Rs, and of the same family as riddle. See Riddle, Read and Real.]
1.
An enigmatical representation of some name, &c. by using figures or pictures instead of words. A gallant in love with a woman named Rose Hill, painted on the border of his gown, a rose, a hill, an eye, a loaf and a well, which reads, Rose Hill I love well.
2.
A sort of riddle.
3.
In some chimical writers, sour milk; sometimes, the ultimate matter of which all bodies are composed.
4.
In heraldry, a coat of arms which bears an allusion to the name of the person; as three cups, for Butler.

Definition 2024


rébus

rébus

See also: rebus, Rebus, and rebus'

French

Noun

rébus m (plural rébus)

  1. rebus (puzzle)

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Portuguese

Noun

rébus m (plural rébus)

  1. rebus (puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words)