Rebusses
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 plural of rebus form-of, plural, rare
"For the Sake of Variety I have, in the following Rebuſſes, differed in the Manner of Compoſition from the preceding Part of this Collection: As, /[…] / Theſe two Examples, with the Knowledge you muſt have acquired in this Kind of Gueſs-work, after having conſidered the ſeventy-ſix Rebuſſes already paſſed over, I think is a ſufficient Guide through the Labyrinth, but if ever you are at a Stand, catch bold directly of the Clew, which take my Word for it, will conduct you to the End without ſtumbling."
Example
More examples"For the Sake of Variety I have, in the following Rebuſſes, differed in the Manner of Compoſition from the preceding Part of this Collection: As, /[…] / Theſe two Examples, with the Knowledge you muſt have acquired in this Kind of Gueſs-work, after having conſidered the ſeventy-ſix Rebuſſes already paſſed over, I think is a ſufficient Guide through the Labyrinth, but if ever you are at a Stand, catch bold directly of the Clew, which take my Word for it, will conduct you to the End without ſtumbling."
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