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jossSource: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Joss \Joss\ (j[o^]s), n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.] A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." --Colman (1761). [1913 Webster] Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship. Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
joss
n : a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
JOSS
JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)
Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
JOSS
Joint Object Services Submission
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
JOSS
JOHNNIAC Open Shop System. Charles L. Baker, RAND 1964. An
early simple interactive calculator language. "JOSS Users'
Reference Manual", R.L. Clark, Report F-1535/9, RAND Corp (Jan
1975) Sammet 1969, pp.217-226. Versions: JOSS I and JOSS II.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) JOSS-:STICKS:, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion. Matching Word(s) Oss Jossa Boss Coss Doss Goss Loss Moss Poss Ross Soss Toss Jess Joes Joso boss coss doss loss moss toss joes josh oss jass jcss jess jnss jods jots josl OSS jobs Joses Jose LOSS Foss Voss
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