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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
rebus
    n 1: a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures
         representing syllables and words

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rebus \Re"bus\, v. t.
   To mark or indicate by a rebus.
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         He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More
         in text and Tun under it.                --Fuller.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rebus \Re"bus\ (r[=e]"b[u^]s), n.; pl. Rebuses
   (r[=e]"b[u^]s*[e^]z). [L. rebus by things, abl. pl. of res a
   thing: cf. F. r['e]bus. 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.
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   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.
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   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.
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