| 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., A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting., To mark or indicate by a rebus. |
| rebut |
verb t. |
To drive or beat back; to repulse., To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof., To retire; to recoil., To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff’s surrejoinder. |