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]

	

	joss
     n : a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

	

	JOSS
     JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)

	

	JOSS
     Joint Object Services Submission

	

	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.

	

	JOSS-:STICKS:, n.  Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan
tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.