Editing Rebus (section)

==Rebuses within heraldry==
{{Further|Canting arms}}
Rebuses are used extensively as a form of heraldic expression as a hint to the name of the bearer; they are not synonymous with [[canting arms]]. A man might have a rebus as a personal identification device entirely separate from his armorials, canting or otherwise. For example, [[Richard Weston (treasurer)|Sir Richard Weston]] (d. 1541) bore as arms: ''Ermine, on a chief azure five [[bezant]]s'', whilst his rebus, displayed many times in terracotta plaques on the walls of his mansion [[Sutton Place, Surrey]], was a "tun" or barrel, used to designate the last syllable of his surname.

An example of canting arms proper are those of the [[Congleton|Borough of Congleton]] in Cheshire consisting of a [[conger]] eel, a lion (in Latin, ''leo'') and a tun (barrel). This word sequence "conger-leo-tun" enunciates the town's name. Similarly, the coat of arms of [[St. Ignatius Loyola]] contains wolves (in Spanish, ''lobo'') and a kettle (''olla''), said by some (probably incorrectly) to be a rebus for "Loyola". The arms of [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]] feature [[bow (weapon)|bows]] and lions.