re·bus /ˈribəs/
 謎,畫謎


 Re·bus n.; pl. Rebuses
 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. 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, v. 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.

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 rebus
      n : a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures
          representing syllables and words