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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Joss \Joss\, n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr Pg deos God, L. deus.]
A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. ``Critic in
jars and josses.'' --Colman (1761).
{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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
joss
n : a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
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
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
JOSS
Joint Object Services Submission
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
JOSS-:STICKS:, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan
tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.
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