a representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols, especially when presented as a puzzle
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 owner; a bearing or bearings containing an allusion to the owner's name Thus the Arches family bore three arches; the Dobell family, a doe between three bells [See also Allusive Arms, under ARMS ]
{i} word puzzle representing form of pictures or symbols; heraldic emblem that displays a picture portraying the name of the bearer
(Latin, with things) A hieroglyphic riddle, non verbis sed rebus The origin of the word and custom is this: The basochiens of Paris, during the carnival, used to satirise the current follies of the day in squibs called De rebus quae geruntur (on the current events) That these squibs might not be accounted libellous, they employed hieroglyphics either wholly or in part
a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
A puzzle postcard on which words, phrases, or sentences are represented by pictures of objects and signs, the names of which, when sounded in sequence afford the solution