·vt To mark or indicate by a rebus.
II. Rebus ·noun A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. ·see Canting arms, under Canting.
III. Rebus ·noun 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.