JOSS - Definition

Pronunciation:		jâs
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

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	See Also:	god, graven image, idol

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	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.