Rebus

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

2. A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To mark or indicate by a rebus. He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it. Fuller.